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A BASIC interpreter is an interpreter that enables users to enter and run programs in the BASIC language and was, for the first part of the microcomputer era, the default application that computers would launch. Users were expected to use the BASIC interpreter to type in programs or to load programs from storage (initially cassette tapes then ...
Microsoft BASIC is the foundation software product of the Microsoft company and evolved into a line of BASIC interpreters and compiler(s) adapted for many different microcomputers. It first appeared in 1975 as Altair BASIC , which was the first version of BASIC published by Microsoft as well as the first high-level programming language ...
BASIC extensions See also References External links Dialects 0–9 1771-DB BASIC Allen-Bradley PLC industrial controller BASIC module; Intel BASIC-52 extended with PLC-specific calls. 64K BASIC Cross-platform, interactive, open-source interpreter for microcomputer BASIC. A ABasiC (Amiga) Relatively limited. Initially provided with Amiga computers by MetaComCo. ABC BASIC designed for the ABC 80 ...
Category:BASIC programming language family — where many interpreters are still listed (to be moved here) Pages in category "BASIC interpreters" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total.
By 1978, MS BASIC was a de facto standard and practically every home computer of the 1980s included it in ROM. Upon boot, a BASIC interpreter in direct mode was presented. Commodore Business Machines includes Commodore BASIC, based on Microsoft BASIC. The Apple II and TRS-80 each have two versions of BASIC: a smaller introductory version with ...
TI BASIC is an ANSI-compliant interpreter for the BASIC programming language built into the 1979 Texas Instruments TI-99/4 home computer and its improved 1981 version, the TI-99/4A. In contrast to most BASICs found on contemporary microcomputers , TI BASIC does not trace its history to Microsoft BASIC , but was instead developed in-house ...
GW-BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language developed by Microsoft from IBM BASICA.Functionally identical to BASICA, its BASIC interpreter is a fully self-contained executable and does not need the Cassette BASIC ROM found in the original.
Altair BASIC is a discontinued interpreter for the BASIC programming language that ran on the MITS Altair 8800 and subsequent S-100 bus computers. It was Microsoft's first product (as Micro-Soft), distributed by MITS under a contract. Altair BASIC was the start of the Microsoft BASIC product range.