To create the bbcbasic.bin executable
- ZDS II tools
- A hex to binary convertor, for example hex2bin
- Clone the BBC BASIC repository, or download the latest source files
- Copy the latest mos_api.inc from the MOS repository to the local BBC BASIC folder
- Open BBC BASIC.zdsproj in ZDS Studio
- Click 'Rebuild All' from the build menu
- This creates a BBC BASIC.hex file in the Debug directory
- Use hex2bin to convert the hex file to a bin file
- Rename the bin file bbcbasic.bin
- Format the SD card FAT32. Note that cards larger than 32GB may not automatically format FAT32
- Copy bbcbasic.bin to the root folder of the card
- Copy the following folders from this project to the root of the card:
examples
: Original example files by R.T.Russelltests
: My example files (see here for more details)resources
: Various resource files used by the sample programs
- See the MOS instructions for creating an autoexec.txt file for launching BBC BASIC automatically on boot