> Remember when turning a computer on meant instantly jumping into code?
In this context the 10ish second boot time seen in the video is unfortunate. I guess lot of that can be blamed on RPi, although I suppose netbsd might not be super optimized for boot times either.
Admittedly this is just a pet peeve of mine. And 10s is not the worst boot time out there.
Also PicoMite as a simpler alternative, in this space, for the Raspberry Pico:
How did you program the WIFI driver? How do you even start creating a WIFI driver from BASIC? (Is it in basic?)
Nice! Everything, the colors, the font, the Ready prompt remind me of the Amstrad CPC I grew up with!
Cool. But why not a GUI dev environment like pick 9?
Is it similar to the Maximite series of hardware and their Basic clones? I think a fast Basic on its dedicated hardware is quite a phenomenal way to teach kids and novices programming. I wish one of these setups would penetrate into the school systems and become a standard teaching platform in a way that the BBC Micro turned out in the UK.