BASIC desktop

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BASIC desktop

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A few years ago I entertained myself in programming a small pseudo-"desktop" in BASIC, using the icons of IZX (Andrew Owen and Einar Saukas) and the Kempston Mouse Driver by Chris Cowley (and other things).

I was thinking of putting it in "Brand new software!" but it really isn't "new" and it's hardly "software" either. I think it fits best here as a BASIC program examples.

Demo 1
Spanish: https://sites.google.com/site/plus3code ... orpes/cap3
Googlenglish: https://translate.google.com/translate? ... pes%2Fcap3

Demo 2
Spanish: https://sites.google.com/site/plus3code ... y-torpes-1
Googlenglish: https://translate.google.com/translate? ... &sandbox=1

Demo 3
Spanish: https://sites.google.com/site/plus3code ... y-torpes-2
Googlenglish: https://translate.google.com/translate? ... y-torpes-2

bye :D
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What an interesting concept [mention]+3code[/mention]. I love it.

Please do add it to Brand New Software.
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PeterJ wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:59 am What an interesting concept @+3code. I love it.

Please do add it to Brand New Software.
Ok, then move the post to Brand New, please : )
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Amazing! I didn't have time to read the explanations but the tiny icons look convincing.
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Very nice idea and proof-of-concept. Would be interesting to see whether this could be easily "ported" NextZXOS, which is rather similar to +3/+3e but with 28 Mhz! :-)
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This reminds me of Workbench, by Octocom
http://octocom.speccy.org/workbench_en.html
which is not present in ZXDB yet
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