For those of us who enjoy retro-computing, or just feel like a bit of a challenge - comes the BASIC shield by Instructables member dan14. Unlike other Arduino BASIC implementations, this shield holds an Atmel ATmega1284P microcontroller which takes care of running TinyBASIC and a PS/2 keyboard interface.
This leaves the host Arduino board free to run the analogue video out using the common TVout library. It's a clever solution that allows for plenty (relatively speaking) of memory for programs, interrupt-free video and and new-old method of controlling your Arduino.
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