True BASIC

Description

Structured version of Basic developed by the TrueBasic company founded by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz, who had developed the original Dartmouth Basic in 1964.

Up until version 5 TB was a multi-platform product aimed at educational institutions that tried to be as inclusive as possible supporting all major Unix workstations, 32 bit OS/2, all MS Windows versions, DOS and 68x and PPC versions of the Macintosh. Prior to that they had supported the Atari ST and Amiga even. The company also had a huge range of optional tool-kits available that targeted educational, scientific, professional development and business usage. DOS was dropped with release 5 although they continued to sell an older version at a discounted price, all Unix workstations were dropped with release 5.1, and Win3x around version 5.4 and with release 6 they have dropped support for all platforms except Windows XP and newer.

However the company continues to sell and support 5.5 versions of the software, including an full and cut down versions for MAC OS9 and Windows 95 and up, however they only offer the most basic "Bronze" version for OS/2 and not the more powerful "Silver" and "Gold". Older Atari and DOS versions are also offered.

Versions

* Latest Version for OS/2-eCS: True Basic/2 Bronze Edition Ver.5.3 (1999/5/24)

• V. 3.05

Links

Demo: [1]

Official Web Site: [2]

License

Commercial. It is available for sale at USD $25.

Authors

• TrueBasic Inc.
• John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz