PicoMite, powered by MMBASIC, is like playing a good modern re-release of a classic game, the same stuff but with modern QoL
![a program in MMBASIC with color based syntax highlighting. It says
Print "Hello World"
For i = 1 to 20
Print i;
Next i [cursor underscore caught during on-blink]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3pcnghkif2l2bf3g3hx5spsu/bafkreidrkjbtteno43hhjxgzmslkdukde5gvdbtgnpfm7ihcmbyl3nirhu)
March 3, 2026 at 12:01 AM
PicoMite, powered by MMBASIC, is like playing a good modern re-release of a classic game, the same stuff but with modern QoL
its 2025 and i am relearning BASIC, which i used a LOT from ages 6-18, be it GW, Q, TI or Apple
getting into the MMBASIC spec and i like it, it feels very modern while still being recognizably doofy ol BASIC
getting into the MMBASIC spec and i like it, it feels very modern while still being recognizably doofy ol BASIC
October 13, 2025 at 5:49 AM
its 2025 and i am relearning BASIC, which i used a LOT from ages 6-18, be it GW, Q, TI or Apple
getting into the MMBASIC spec and i like it, it feels very modern while still being recognizably doofy ol BASIC
getting into the MMBASIC spec and i like it, it feels very modern while still being recognizably doofy ol BASIC
luckily MMBASIC is fairly c-like (specifically python-like) in its grammar, even if syntax is still often 80s style
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
luckily MMBASIC is fairly c-like (specifically python-like) in its grammar, even if syntax is still often 80s style
New RP2350B board just dropped: really designed for MMBasic, but will likely do for MicroPython:
PicoMite RP2350B DIL Development board, 16Mb flash + 8 MB PSRAM — www.thebackshed.com/forum/ViewTo...
#RP2350 #MMBasic #MicroPython
PicoMite RP2350B DIL Development board, 16Mb flash + 8 MB PSRAM — www.thebackshed.com/forum/ViewTo...
#RP2350 #MMBasic #MicroPython
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June 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New RP2350B board just dropped: really designed for MMBasic, but will likely do for MicroPython:
PicoMite RP2350B DIL Development board, 16Mb flash + 8 MB PSRAM — www.thebackshed.com/forum/ViewTo...
#RP2350 #MMBasic #MicroPython
PicoMite RP2350B DIL Development board, 16Mb flash + 8 MB PSRAM — www.thebackshed.com/forum/ViewTo...
#RP2350 #MMBasic #MicroPython
mostly i did:
- AppleBasic at little kid school
- GW-BASIC on the 8088 at home
- QBasic at big kid school and on the 486 at home
so there's stuff lighting up in my head, working with MMBASIC on the PicoMite firmware, that hasn't in a while
- AppleBasic at little kid school
- GW-BASIC on the 8088 at home
- QBasic at big kid school and on the 486 at home
so there's stuff lighting up in my head, working with MMBASIC on the PicoMite firmware, that hasn't in a while
March 2, 2026 at 11:42 PM
mostly i did:
- AppleBasic at little kid school
- GW-BASIC on the 8088 at home
- QBasic at big kid school and on the 486 at home
so there's stuff lighting up in my head, working with MMBASIC on the PicoMite firmware, that hasn't in a while
- AppleBasic at little kid school
- GW-BASIC on the 8088 at home
- QBasic at big kid school and on the 486 at home
so there's stuff lighting up in my head, working with MMBASIC on the PicoMite firmware, that hasn't in a while
I have tackled the #BMP280 temperature/pressure #sensor on the #picoCalc. Byte level I2C programming (actually normal) in #MMBasic. 24 byte of calibration data and a lengthy calculation procedure included. And I have learned about weather service and actual air pressure:
November 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
whats extra fun about picomite/picocalc, and things like it, is that it can immediately and obviously interact with electronics using 3V signals (at i think up to 3A?)
this one just blinks an LED, kind of sort of a blinkenlight driver, knocked together in one minute
this one just blinks an LED, kind of sort of a blinkenlight driver, knocked together in one minute
March 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
whats extra fun about picomite/picocalc, and things like it, is that it can immediately and obviously interact with electronics using 3V signals (at i think up to 3A?)
this one just blinks an LED, kind of sort of a blinkenlight driver, knocked together in one minute
this one just blinks an LED, kind of sort of a blinkenlight driver, knocked together in one minute
Und das ist wirklich fein gemacht: Das eingebaute MMBASIC im hat Support für Sachen wie I²C, SPI, OneWire etc eingebaut … und sogar für WS2812-LEDs (aka „NeoPixel“).
geoffg.net/maximite.html
geoffg.net/maximite.html
September 9, 2024 at 7:19 AM
Und das ist wirklich fein gemacht: Das eingebaute MMBASIC im hat Support für Sachen wie I²C, SPI, OneWire etc eingebaut … und sogar für WS2812-LEDs (aka „NeoPixel“).
geoffg.net/maximite.html
geoffg.net/maximite.html
i screwed around with BASIC on it for a while, and it was fun, but i noticed the reasons we don't use it anymore- its real tedious to use, and, its bad at teaching object-oriented programming
still good for porting old classics! easier to rewrite in MMBASIC than anything else, for sure
still good for porting old classics! easier to rewrite in MMBASIC than anything else, for sure
June 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
i screwed around with BASIC on it for a while, and it was fun, but i noticed the reasons we don't use it anymore- its real tedious to use, and, its bad at teaching object-oriented programming
still good for porting old classics! easier to rewrite in MMBASIC than anything else, for sure
still good for porting old classics! easier to rewrite in MMBASIC than anything else, for sure
MMBASIC (basic for small computers like the RP2040 driven Pico) has a lot of weird flaws- for one, it's not truly open source- but one thing that's cool is that I read a lot of complaints that LLMs are dogshit at it
it's obscure, and there are dozens of flavors of BASIC, they get real confused
it's obscure, and there are dozens of flavors of BASIC, they get real confused
March 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
MMBASIC (basic for small computers like the RP2040 driven Pico) has a lot of weird flaws- for one, it's not truly open source- but one thing that's cool is that I read a lot of complaints that LLMs are dogshit at it
it's obscure, and there are dozens of flavors of BASIC, they get real confused
it's obscure, and there are dozens of flavors of BASIC, they get real confused
All this @specnext.com news and KS3 Hullabaloo has inspired me to get back to my #ColourMaximite2 (which runs MMBasic at a blistering pace!) while I wait [for my worsening CC balance 😂🤦🏻♂️😢]...for the KS3 to arrive! 😎👍🏻
August 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
All this @specnext.com news and KS3 Hullabaloo has inspired me to get back to my #ColourMaximite2 (which runs MMBasic at a blistering pace!) while I wait [for my worsening CC balance 😂🤦🏻♂️😢]...for the KS3 to arrive! 😎👍🏻
That really is a great article 👍🏻
Props for the ZX SpeccyNext Kickstarter (hope the next one goes well) 😍👍🏻😎
Also, you can buy the Colour Maximite 2 (2nd gen) from rictech.nz (New Zealand) for $115 and I think it's great 😎
Also worth mentioning is the PicoMite that runs MMBasic using the RP2040 etc 👍🏻
Props for the ZX SpeccyNext Kickstarter (hope the next one goes well) 😍👍🏻😎
Also, you can buy the Colour Maximite 2 (2nd gen) from rictech.nz (New Zealand) for $115 and I think it's great 😎
Also worth mentioning is the PicoMite that runs MMBasic using the RP2040 etc 👍🏻
Great article covering the 8 bit revival and the machines out there. And the Spectrum Next is part of the show!
Get to know some of the "new" retro computers thank to this article: retrofun.pl/2024/04/08/n...
#retrodev #retrocomputing
#retrodev #retrocomputing
April 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
That really is a great article 👍🏻
Props for the ZX SpeccyNext Kickstarter (hope the next one goes well) 😍👍🏻😎
Also, you can buy the Colour Maximite 2 (2nd gen) from rictech.nz (New Zealand) for $115 and I think it's great 😎
Also worth mentioning is the PicoMite that runs MMBasic using the RP2040 etc 👍🏻
Props for the ZX SpeccyNext Kickstarter (hope the next one goes well) 😍👍🏻😎
Also, you can buy the Colour Maximite 2 (2nd gen) from rictech.nz (New Zealand) for $115 and I think it's great 😎
Also worth mentioning is the PicoMite that runs MMBasic using the RP2040 etc 👍🏻
forget rust and go, mmbasic is the language of the future
April 16, 2025 at 4:18 AM
forget rust and go, mmbasic is the language of the future
Got my #Clockwork #PicoCalc kit yesterday. It's quite nice, quite a solid device. Gonna have to learn MMBASIC
March 14, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Got my #Clockwork #PicoCalc kit yesterday. It's quite nice, quite a solid device. Gonna have to learn MMBASIC
so this is fun, how MMBASIC interacts with modern tiny computers, with their exposed pinouts
wish i had been more exposed to this kind of thing when learning BASIC as a little kid! by the time i was doing stuff with devices, it was already abstracted out
wish i had been more exposed to this kind of thing when learning BASIC as a little kid! by the time i was doing stuff with devices, it was already abstracted out
March 5, 2026 at 2:30 AM
so this is fun, how MMBASIC interacts with modern tiny computers, with their exposed pinouts
wish i had been more exposed to this kind of thing when learning BASIC as a little kid! by the time i was doing stuff with devices, it was already abstracted out
wish i had been more exposed to this kind of thing when learning BASIC as a little kid! by the time i was doing stuff with devices, it was already abstracted out
It runs from a raspberry pi pico h. It comes with mmbasic flashed in it for writing code and interfacing with the GPIO pins. You can flash other softwares onto it such as pico-8 & Doom. Since it’s a coding language environment you can also use it as a calculator :)
May 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It runs from a raspberry pi pico h. It comes with mmbasic flashed in it for writing code and interfacing with the GPIO pins. You can flash other softwares onto it such as pico-8 & Doom. Since it’s a coding language environment you can also use it as a calculator :)
I did wonder if it was going to be MMBasic. I have a Colour Maxmite 2 so that's great news 😊👍🏻
I've not really spent much time on the forums, just searched for what I needed at the time, so I didn't realise it was that bad! That is a shame🤦🏻♂️
I've not really spent much time on the forums, just searched for what I needed at the time, so I didn't realise it was that bad! That is a shame🤦🏻♂️
March 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I did wonder if it was going to be MMBasic. I have a Colour Maxmite 2 so that's great news 😊👍🏻
I've not really spent much time on the forums, just searched for what I needed at the time, so I didn't realise it was that bad! That is a shame🤦🏻♂️
I've not really spent much time on the forums, just searched for what I needed at the time, so I didn't realise it was that bad! That is a shame🤦🏻♂️
Das beliebte und moderne MMBasic ist nun auch auf Pico2 verfügbar. Die hohe Leistung des Pico2 ermöglicht jetzt weitere Grafikmodi auf VGA und HDMI. #Maker
PicoMite: MMBasic auf Raspberry Pico2
Das beliebte und moderne MMBasic ist nun auch auf Pico2 verfügbar. Die hohe Leistung des Pico2 ermöglicht jetzt weitere Grafikmodi auf VGA und HDMI.
www.heise.de
September 17, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Das beliebte und moderne MMBasic ist nun auch auf Pico2 verfügbar. Die hohe Leistung des Pico2 ermöglicht jetzt weitere Grafikmodi auf VGA und HDMI. #Maker
I've been doing the same. Learned to program in MSBASIC on a TRS-80 and made a career of it. MMBASIC is a fun throwback whether on a handheld PicoCalc or a super-fast CMM2.
October 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I've been doing the same. Learned to program in MSBASIC on a TRS-80 and made a career of it. MMBASIC is a fun throwback whether on a handheld PicoCalc or a super-fast CMM2.
There are already a number of Pico based boards with video out:
PicoVision (2040 based)
PicoSystem (2040 based handheld console)
PicoMite - runs MMBasic
PicoCalc
These are just off the top of my head 😎👍🏻
PicoVision (2040 based)
PicoSystem (2040 based handheld console)
PicoMite - runs MMBasic
PicoCalc
These are just off the top of my head 😎👍🏻
April 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
There are already a number of Pico based boards with video out:
PicoVision (2040 based)
PicoSystem (2040 based handheld console)
PicoMite - runs MMBasic
PicoCalc
These are just off the top of my head 😎👍🏻
PicoVision (2040 based)
PicoSystem (2040 based handheld console)
PicoMite - runs MMBasic
PicoCalc
These are just off the top of my head 😎👍🏻
Just completed #AOC 2020 day 1 on a #ClockworkPi #PicoCalc using #MMBasic
The screen in real life is quite readable, unlike the mirror in the photo.
The screen in real life is quite readable, unlike the mirror in the photo.
April 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Just completed #AOC 2020 day 1 on a #ClockworkPi #PicoCalc using #MMBasic
The screen in real life is quite readable, unlike the mirror in the photo.
The screen in real life is quite readable, unlike the mirror in the photo.
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By: Anne Barela on Tuesday, July 21, 2026
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MicroPython ported to the Pico Computer 3
Version 0.2 is the test version of a customized build of MicroPython that turns the Pico Computer 3 into a self-contained computer. Much of the functionality is ported from the PicoMite MMBasic firmware. Features: Unix-like Shell commands HDMI/DVI display USB touch screen, keyboard and mouse Audio (PCM5102 I2S DAC) RTC DS3231 SD card WiFi/Bluetooth (CYW43) […]
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Raspberry Pi PicoでPicoMite(MMBasic)を使う〜PWM #RaspberryPiPico – Qiita
PicoMite(MMBasic)ではPWM（パルス幅変調）を容易に利用できるコマンドが用意されている。ここではLEDの点灯をPWMで制御する方法を試した結果を示す。 赤色LED2本、330Ωの抵抗器2本を使用する。 下記のように配線した。2本のLEDはGP0とGO1にそれぞれ接続した。 2つのLEDを一つずつ徐々に明るく点灯させ、最後に2本とも徐々に暗くするプログラムを以下に示す。 PWM.bas SetPin GP0, PWM ' Define GP0…
PicoMite(MMBasic)ではPWM（パルス幅変調）を容易に利用できるコマンドが用意されている。ここではLEDの点灯をPWMで制御する方法を試した結果を示す。 赤色LED2本、330Ωの抵抗器2本を使用する。 下記のように配線した。2本のLEDはGP0とGO1にそれぞれ接続した。 2つのLEDを一つずつ徐々に明るく点灯させ、最後に2本とも徐々に暗くするプログラムを以下に示す。 PWM.bas SetPin GP0, PWM ' Define GP0…
Raspberry Pi PicoでPicoMite(MMBasic)を使う〜PWM #RaspberryPiPico – Qiita
PicoMite(MMBasic)ではPWM（パルス幅変調）を容易に利用できるコマンドが用意されている。ここではLEDの点灯をPWMで制御する方法を試した結果を示す。 赤色LED2本、330Ωの抵抗器2本を使用する。 下記のように配線した。2本のLEDはGP0とGO1にそれぞれ接続した。 2つのLEDを一つずつ徐々に明るく点灯させ、最後に2本とも徐々に暗くするプログラムを以下に示す。 PWM.bas SetPin GP0, PWM ' Define GP0 as a PWM0A SetPin GP1, PWM ' Define GP1 as a PWM0B ' Increases the duty cycle from 0% to 100% in 10% increments. For I% = 0 To 100 Step 10 PWM 0, 10, I% ' Output to PWM channel 0A Pause 300 ' Wait 300 msec Next I% ' Increases the duty cycle from 0% to 100% in 10% increments.
inmobilexion.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Raspberry Pi PicoでPicoMite(MMBasic)を使う〜PWM #RaspberryPiPico – Qiita
PicoMite(MMBasic)ではPWM（パルス幅変調）を容易に利用できるコマンドが用意されている。ここではLEDの点灯をPWMで制御する方法を試した結果を示す。 赤色LED2本、330Ωの抵抗器2本を使用する。 下記のように配線した。2本のLEDはGP0とGO1にそれぞれ接続した。 2つのLEDを一つずつ徐々に明るく点灯させ、最後に2本とも徐々に暗くするプログラムを以下に示す。 PWM.bas SetPin GP0, PWM ' Define GP0…
PicoMite(MMBasic)ではPWM（パルス幅変調）を容易に利用できるコマンドが用意されている。ここではLEDの点灯をPWMで制御する方法を試した結果を示す。 赤色LED2本、330Ωの抵抗器2本を使用する。 下記のように配線した。2本のLEDはGP0とGO1にそれぞれ接続した。 2つのLEDを一つずつ徐々に明るく点灯させ、最後に2本とも徐々に暗くするプログラムを以下に示す。 PWM.bas SetPin GP0, PWM ' Define GP0…