https://beta.ncot.uk/tags/basic/ Recent content in BASIC on [BETA] NCoT Tech Hugo en-gb Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:56:58 +0100 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/your-cpu-cant-tell-code-from-data---inside-the-von-neumann-architecture/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:11:41 +0100 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/your-cpu-cant-tell-code-from-data---inside-the-von-neumann-architecture/ This video explains the Von Neumann architecture and demonstrates, with real BBC BASIC and C code, how computers fundamentally cannot tell the difference between data and executable instructions. #BBCMicro #AssemblyLanguage #CProgramming #BASICProgramming https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/agon-light-c-programming-an-introduction/ Sun, 14 Jan 2024 21:15:42 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/agon-light-c-programming-an-introduction/ Instead of bashing away in BASIC, it’s possible to do some coding in C on the Agon Light. Let’s find out how in this introduction to an ongoing series where I figure out the Agon hardware and work on a game. I have no idea what game I want to make, and I’m not entirely sure how to achieve some of the necessary functions, but it’ll be fun figuring it out and I hope… #AgonLight #CProgramming #BASICProgramming #RetroComputing https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/forth-better-than-basic/ Mon, 16 Oct 2023 19:33:40 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/forth-better-than-basic/ Let’s look at FORTH, the obscure stack based programming language that nobody seems to use. Or do they? #AgonLight #BBCMicro #Z80 #BASICProgramming https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/sinclair-basic-vs-bbc-basic-how-to-fit-an-entire-devkit-inside-64k/ Sun, 01 Oct 2023 19:19:12 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/sinclair-basic-vs-bbc-basic-how-to-fit-an-entire-devkit-inside-64k/ Just how did 8 bit computers like the ZX Spectrum or BBC Micro manage to cram an entire programming language into their tiny systems, and still have space for the user’s programs? #BBCMicro #ZXSpectrum #AssemblyLanguage #BASICProgramming https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/bbc-basic-in-riscos-on-a-raspberry-pi-is-really-cool/ Sun, 12 Feb 2023 16:27:10 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/bbc-basic-in-riscos-on-a-raspberry-pi-is-really-cool/ Picture the modern world, but without Windows, PCs or Apple. What would be on your desk? #BBCMicro #RaspberryPi #BASICProgramming #RetroComputing https://beta.ncot.uk/blog-posts/writing-c-code-on-a-spectrum-next/ Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:09:01 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/blog-posts/writing-c-code-on-a-spectrum-next/ What better way to wait out the apocalypse than trying to learn a new system. Read how I dug out my ZX Spectrum Next and set about writing C code on it… #SpectrumNext #ZXSpectrum #z88dk #CProgramming