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First release candidate of PASTA/80 1.0 is out! New since July: faster for loops, optimization and overlays out of the box, better type checking, runtime error checks for math and I/O. Feedback welcome! #turbopascal #RetroComputing #Z80 #cpm #ZXSpectrum #specnext #Agon

Ports of Colossal Cave Adventure to various classic and modern Pascal compilers including Free Pascal and my own PASTA/80, all based on an ancient version of Adventure for PDP. github.com/pleumann/adv... #pascal #freepascal #turbopascal #retrocomputing #textadventure #cpm #dos #agon #specnext

PASTA/80 can now run its own units tests automatically. Simply invoke pasta80 --zxnext --tests, and it will compile all suites for the Next, launch and terminate emulators, and collect results. In the meantime, grab a coffee. 🙂 #pascal #cpm #zxspectrum #zxspectrumnext #agonlight #retrocomputing

Here's a new CSpect plugin that grabs output going to the printer channel and writes it to the console or to a file. It can be used for debugging purposes or simply because you always wanted to LLIST the BASIC programs you wrote in the emulator. github.com/ple.../CSpec... #cspect #zxspectrumnext

Mike Dailly (of Lemmings and GTA fame) has written a Tetris clone for the #zxspectrumnext in #pascal using my PASTA/80 compiler. How cool is that? :) The source code is on Github now, the accompanying articles are available on his Patreon. Check them out! #turbopascal #pasta80 #retroprogramming

My Patreon's now have access to the final Pascal (Pasta/80) post, on writing a simple Tetris game. Enjoy!! www.patreon.com/mikedailly/p...

I just released PASTA/80 v0.99, my Pascal cross compiler for classic and modern Z80 machines. Lots of tiny enhancements and bugfixes to feed your 8-bit addiction. Happy coding! github.com/pleumann/pas... #z80 #pascal #turbopascal #cpm #zxspectrum #zxspectrumnext #agonlight #retrocomputing

Is it the floor plan to an Ikea store? No! It's the Hilbert curve. Generated by just a few lines of elegant, recursive Pascal, compiled with the PASTA/80 cross compiler for Z80 (github.com/pleumann/pas...) and running in the FUSE and Fab Agon emulators. #pascal #zxspectrum #agonlight #retrocomputing

I just released version 0.98 of PASTA/80, the 8-bit Turbo Pascal 3 clone that lets you party like it's 1986. ;) Now with conditional compilation, overlays for Agon, and an RTL reference. github.com/pleumann/pas... #pascal #turbopascal #cpm #zxspectrum #specnext #agonlight #retroprogramming

I just released version 0.97 of PASTA/80, the 8-bit Turbo Pascal 3 clone you didn't know you needed. 😀 Now with a target for Agon Light/Console8, debugger support and lots of small improvements. github.com/pleumann/pas... #pascal #turbopascal #cpm #zxspectrum #specnext #agonlight #retroprogramming