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“Build Your Own BASIC -From Scratch” Book by Richard (Dick) Whipple |
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In my first book in this series,
“Build Your Own Computer-From Scratch”, I started with a few basic concepts
and guided the nontechnical reader through the design of a working computer.
The emphasis was on hardware design with less attention paid to
software. In this book, software is the focus. As before, I make
no assumptions regarding your technical knowledge of computers. I start
with a few basic concepts and build a version of the BASIC programming
language. To test Tiny BASIC, I use the BYOC-24 CPU, a modified version
of the computer design introduced in my first book. We first test Tiny
BASIC on a simulated BYOC-24 CPU using the freeware application Logisim.
Later, I make Tiny BASIC fully functional using an Intel Cyclone V
field programmable gate array. Given this brief introduction to
computer language design, I believe you will be encouraged to explore other
areas of computing. At the very least, I hope you will appreciate
more fully what happens when you type “RUN”, “COMPILE”, or press the green
“GO” button in whatever computer language you use. Order from Amazon by clicking here or using this ASIN: B083VXYQ6L number. |
