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Interpreters for [[CP/M]] operating systems are also called '''MBASIC'''. The compiler was named '''BASCOM'''.
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 BASIC


== MBASIC ==
== MBASIC ==
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* 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:BASIC]]
[[Category:Basic]][[Category:CP/M Tools]][[Category:DOS Tools]]

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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 BASIC

MBASIC

Versions

Microsoft BASIC Interpreter

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 BASIC Compiler
  • Mar 1983: Version 5.35
  • Apr 1984: Version 5.36
Microsoft Business BASIC Compiler for MS-DOS
  • 1983, 1984 (BASCOMB)

Publications

  • 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