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A free implementation of a computing environment called Logo, which is an interactive programming language FMSLogo is a free implementation of a computing environment called Logo, which is an interactive programming language that is simple, powerful, and best of all fun.
Because of its features but not only, FMSLogo is ideal for elementary school computer labs.
FMSLogo includes support for:
"Standard" Logo parsing
Turtle Graphics
Exception handling
TCP/IP networking
Text in all available system fonts
1024 independent turtles
Bitmapped turtles
MIDI devices
Direct I/O for controlling external hardware (must be admin)
Serial and parallel port communications
Saving and loading images in BMP format
Calling into native DLLs
Creating windows dialog boxes
Event driven programming (mouse, keyboard, timer)
Controlling multimedia devices (WAV sound files, CD-ROM control, etc.)
3D Perspective drawing (wire-frame and solids)
Creating animated GIFs
Here are some key features of "FMSLogo":
FMSLogo has a simple GUI that encourages learning.
FMSLogo provides support for exploring diverse disciplines, including mathematics, engineering, art, music, and robotics.
FMSLogo is smaller than most other Logo environments -- it still fits on a floppy disk.
FMSLogo runs fine on computers that are 10 years old.
FMSLogo has a strong, international user community with over a decade of classroom experience.
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