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'''Microsoft BASIC Compiler'''

Originally released as '''Microsoft BASIC 6.0 Compiler''' and was a development of the compiler that shipped with [[QuickBASIC]] 4.5 extended to support more standard development tools. While QuickBASIC only supported 64k heaps and programming inside the 640k limit the capability of the Basic 6 compiler to generate code for OS/2 with support for 16 MB of memory or 128 MB of virtual memory was greatly touted by Microsoft.

==Versions==
;DOS
* Mar 1983: Version 5.35
* Apr 1984: Version 5.36
;DOS & OS/2
* 6.0 (MS Part# 007-014V600) First release of the system, supports OS/2 out of the box.
:Requires OS/2 1.0 or later, and/or DOS 2.1 or later.
* 6.0b - Bugfix release
;Macintosh
* 1.0 (Oct 1986)

[[Category:BASIC development environment]][[Category:Microsoft Product]]