Für die deutschsprachigen Freunde der PicoMite-Serie gibt es anbei das Handbuch auf Deutsch, das mit einer automatischen Übersetzung erstellt wurde. Es ist hilfreich, um sich einen schnellen Überblick zu verschaffen. Für die genaue Lesart bitte dann das Original benutzen. ;-)

For German-speaking fans of the PicoMite series, I have included the manual in German, which was created using automatic translation. It is helpful for getting a quick overview. For the exact wording, please refer to the original. ;-)

PicoMite_User_Manual_6.01.00_v4_de.pdf
Edited 2025-12-24 10:16 by homa

That is amazing.  I don't know German but it looks good to me.  What is impressive is that it did not try to translate keywords like FOR, NEXT, PRINT, etc.  Let me know if you would like the source (in .docx) if that would help.

Would it be OK if I include it in the firmware distribution?

Geoff

@homa:

Great! Thank you very much!!!

Frank

Thank you homa, good supplement for MMBasic and it should be included in the documentation somehow.

There is just one thing I want to add:

If it is included, we should think about how to communicate that there are, of course, some errors due to the automatich translation. E.g on page 252 if found the following example:

------ snip -----------
DO
‘ Hauptprogrammschleife
PRINT : PRINT „Geben Sie das Datum im Format TT.MMM.JJJJ
ein” PRINT „Erstes Datum”;
INPUT s
d1 = GetDays(s)
IF d1 = 0 THEN PRINT "Ungültiges Datum!" : CONTINUE DO
PRINT "Zweites Datum";
INPUT s
d2 = GetDays(s)
WENN d2 = 0 DANN DRUCKEN „Ungültiges Datum!“ : WEITER
PRINT "Die Differenz beträgt" ABS(d2 - d1) " Tage"
LOOP
-------------- snip ---------------

green ... OK, red ... translated!!

This seems to apply to most or all of the sample programs in the manual. Some Basic keywords are translated to german, some are left alone. I don't know if there is an easy way to tell the translator which parts of the text are to be left alone.

But the majority of the text is really easy and fun to read.

The next thing to do in the german speaking department here is to convey the existance of MMBasic in some of the electronics-bound german journals. I already thought about writing an article for "Funkamateur", introducing MMBasic as means to implement project ideas. Haven't done it yet as there where always some interesting changes and additions announced by Peter which I wanted to wait for. Maybe I could use an english article as basis if something exists and is not too outdated.

Gerald
Edited 2025-12-24 17:33 by ville56

@homa: Looks really good - thanks for the effort!
@Gerald: I wrote an article for the German Make Magazine a few years ago (Make) - maybe they are interested in an update. I could contact the respective editor next year.

Best wishes and merry Christmas
Thomas

Thomas,

yes, good idea. If possible, may I have the article as basis for an article in Funkamateur or is it prohibitively copyrighted if published in Make once? Anyway, I would use it as a basis, make neccessary updates and send it to the editor, with all relevant authors mentioned, just to see if they are interested.

Btw: I got knowledge that MMBasic existed also from a tiny note in Funkamateur a few years ago. Glad to have followed the link then.

@homa
Danke, obwohl ich glaube einigermaßen gut in Englisch bin, sehr nützlich.
Computer waren eigentliche der Grund mein Schulenglisch zu verbessern, da so gut wie alle guten Computer Magazine Anfang der 80er  in englisch waren.
Habt alle ein paar schöne Weihnachtstage.

Thank you, although I think I'm reasonably good at English, it's very useful.
Computers were actually the reason I improved my school English, as almost all good computer magazines in the early 80s were in English.
Have a wonderful Christmas, everyone!

Cheers
 Martin

  ville56 said  

Thomas,

yes, good idea. If possible, may I have the article as basis for an article in Funkamateur or is it prohibitively copyrighted if published in Make once? Anyway, I would use it as a basis, make neccessary updates and send it to the editor, with all relevant authors mentioned, just to see if they are interested.

This article is certainly copyrighted but I think that most of the text - except maybe the box on BASIC - needs to be rewritten anyways to capture the developments of the past years. Also, the example I gave are probably too simple for Funkamateur.

  Geoffg said  

That is amazing.  I don't know German but it looks good to me.  What is impressive is that it did not try to translate keywords like FOR, NEXT, PRINT, etc.  Let me know if you would like the source (in .docx) if that would help.

Would it be OK if I include it in the firmware distribution?

Geoff

Yes, that may be part of the firmware distribution. I'll be happy to try it out with the source document (.docx) and see if it works better. (Do you still have my email address?) We can then create a PDF from that.

Automatic translation has certainly come a long way in recent years.

It's great that it's helping so many people in the German-speaking community! :-)

Matthias

An update. I need to do some more work on this. Unfortunately, some of the programmes have been translated as well. If in doubt, always use the English original ;-)

Matthias

PicoMite_User_Manual_Ver6.02.00_Rev2 de.pdf

Vielen herzlichen Dank! - Thank you very much!

Frank

Ganz große Klasse, vielen Dank für diese großartige Arbeit.
Really great, thank you very much for this fantastic work.

Wolfgang

Here is the first draft in German of the manual for the new release 6.02.01. I had to partly translate some commands and functions back into English, or copy them from the original. Please report any major errors here, and I'll fix them. The translation isn't perfect yet, but it's good enough for now. This is especially helpful for children and teenagers. But it's also useful for us "old guys" who don't speak English very well or whose school English isn't as strong anymore.

For the exact wording, please refer to the original. ;-)


Hier ist der erste Entwurf des Handbuchs für die neue Version 6.02.01 auf Deutsch. Ich musste einige Befehle und Funktionen teilweise wieder ins Englische übersetzen oder sie aus dem Original übernehmen. Bitte meldet hier alle größeren Fehler, dann werde ich sie beheben. Die Übersetzung ist noch nicht perfekt, aber für den Moment gut genug. Das ist besonders hilfreich für Kinder und Jugendliche. Aber auch für uns „Ältere“, die nicht so gut Englisch sprechen oder deren Schulenglisch nicht mehr so gut ist, ist es nützlich.

Für den genauen Wortlaut schaut bitte im Original nach. ;-)

PicoMite_User_Manual_de_homa.pdf

Matthias

GREAT!!!      

Frank

Excellent work, many thanks.

Vielen Dank!!!