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== MBASIC == | == MBASIC == | ||
BASIC Interpreter | |||
=== Versions === | === Versions === | ||
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* Rev. 4.51 | * Rev. 4.51 | ||
* Rev. 5.0 | * Rev. 5.0 | ||
* 1981: | * Sep 1980: 5.2 | ||
* 5.26 | * 1981: 5.21 | ||
* 1982: 5.22 | |||
* 1983: 5.26 | |||
* 5.28 | * 5.28 | ||
;Microsoft BASIC-86 Interpreter | ;Microsoft BASIC-86 Interpreter | ||
* 5.21 | * 5.21 | ||
* 5.22 | * 5.22 | ||
;Microsoft BASIC for Apple Macintosh | |||
* 1984: 1.0 | |||
* Nov 1984: 2.0 | |||
* 2.1 | |||
* Sep 1986: 3.0 | |||
== BASCOM == | == BASCOM == | ||
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=== Versions === | === Versions === | ||
[[Microsoft BASIC Compiler]] | |||
;Microsoft Business BASIC Compiler for MS-DOS | ;Microsoft Business BASIC Compiler for MS-DOS | ||
* 1983, 1984 (BASCOMB) | * 1983, 1984 (BASCOMB) | ||
== Publications == | == Publications == | ||
* Kenneth B. Knecht: ''Microsoft BASIC'' - Dilithium Press 1982, ISBN 0-88056-056-8 | |||
* Walter A. Ettlin; Gregory Solberg: ''The MBASIC Handbook'' - Osborne/McGraw Hill 1983, ISBN 0-88134-102-9 | |||
* Ettlin; Solberg: ''Microsoft BASIC Handbook'' - McGraw-Hill 1984, ISBN 0-07-881102-3 | * Ettlin; Solberg: ''Microsoft BASIC Handbook'' - McGraw-Hill 1984, ISBN 0-07-881102-3 | ||
* Lesser: ''Using the Microsoft Superscript Business Basic Compiler on the IBM Superscript PC'' - McGraw-Hill 1986, ISBN 0-07-037299-3 | * Lesser: ''Using the Microsoft Superscript Business Basic Compiler on the IBM Superscript PC'' - McGraw-Hill 1986, ISBN 0-07-037299-3 | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:BASIC interpreter]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:58, 11 March 2020
Mircosoft BASIC was a BASIC interpreter (and dialect).
Interpreters for CP/M operating systems are also called MBASIC. The compiler was named BASCOM.
- List of OEM versions
- Applesoft BASIC
- 1977: Commodore BASIC
- 1980: Tandy Color Computer Extended BASIC
- 1982 Dragon Extended Basic
MBASIC
BASIC Interpreter
Versions
- Microsoft BASIC-80 Interpreter
- Rev. 4.51
- Rev. 5.0
- Sep 1980: 5.2
- 1981: 5.21
- 1982: 5.22
- 1983: 5.26
- 5.28
- Microsoft BASIC-86 Interpreter
- 5.21
- 5.22
- Microsoft BASIC for Apple Macintosh
- 1984: 1.0
- Nov 1984: 2.0
- 2.1
- Sep 1986: 3.0
BASCOM
This BASIC compiler was developed in 1981 for CP/M. IBM shipped a OEM version for the IBM PC. Similar to CBASIC a BASIC runtime system (BRUN or BASRUN) was required to execute the compiled programs.
Versions
- Microsoft Business BASIC Compiler for MS-DOS
- 1983, 1984 (BASCOMB)
Publications
- Kenneth B. Knecht: Microsoft BASIC - Dilithium Press 1982, ISBN 0-88056-056-8
- Walter A. Ettlin; Gregory Solberg: The MBASIC Handbook - Osborne/McGraw Hill 1983, ISBN 0-88134-102-9
- Ettlin; Solberg: Microsoft BASIC Handbook - McGraw-Hill 1984, ISBN 0-07-881102-3
- Lesser: Using the Microsoft Superscript Business Basic Compiler on the IBM Superscript PC - McGraw-Hill 1986, ISBN 0-07-037299-3