Retro robot dog runs BASIC from a 360KB floppy disk
_Stocko_ · x · 2026-08-19
A post showcasing a retro robot named "The dog" that uses a 360KB floppy disk for mass storage. The disk contains MS-DOS and QBasic. To save space, a URL was removed. The robot's software (acronym: Runs On Batteries and Old Technology) is written entirely in BASIC.
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