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6502 Tiny BASIC in <2kBytes for Bell 80-153 SBC

Can we build a non-IL Tiny BASIC in <2kbyte for 6502?

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I purchased a vintage Bell 80-513 SBC a long time ago. It has a NMOS 6502, 1kbyte RAM (2x 2114) and a 2116 EPROM. Can we get BASIC running?

Tom Pittman's Tiny Basic used teh IL approach as specified in the Dr Dobbs, and is about 2.5kbytes with patches for Serial IO routines. Can we write out own in 2kbytes and include Serial I/O?

Yes we can! See Github Page for source

To try it in a browser with a showcase demo populated in RAM, see the excellent 8BitWorksop IDE and type `RUN`.

Alternatively use the Kowalski Emulator

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