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	Atari BASIC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		ATARI BASIC was a ROM resident BASIC interpreter for the Atari 8-bit family of 6502-based home computers.
		Atari did what many of the other home computer companies did: they purchased the source code to Microsoft 8K BASIC with the intent to port it to run on the new machines.
		Atari later sold a diskette-based version of MS BASIC, Atari Microsoft BASIC, and later managed to fit it onto a cartridge as well, but no compiler or runtime was available for redistribution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atari_BASIC (1639 words)

	ATARI 400 & 800
		Atari claims its 400 and 800 series computers are the first of a new generation of home/personal computers.
		Atari Basic checks command syntax quite carefully at the time of input and, if it detects an error, highlights it with a marker at the part of the line at fault.
		Atari isn't telling though, so it will be left to some bright programmers to get inside the software and then to spill the beans.
	www.presshere.com /html/pw8010.htm (4161 words)

	Atari Microsoft BASIC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Atari Microsoft BASIC and Atari Microsoft BASIC II variants of the BASIC programming language were cartridge or floppy disk packaged versions of the Microsoft BASIC dialect ported to the Atari 8-bit machines.
		Atari originally licensed Microsoft BASIC for use in their 8-bit computers, but were unable to fit it in an 8KB ROM cartridge, the largest at the time.
		Although more feature filled than ATARI BASIC, Microsoft BASIC never had the popularity that Atari BASIC had.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atari_Microsoft_BASIC_II (236 words)

	Atari Basic Tutorial Part 1
		One advantage of Atari BASIC is that some pre-processing, according to a complex set of internal rules, occurs as lines are entered.
		Tokens 128 to 255 are reserved to identify variables (this is why BASIC allows only 128 unique variables), When a string constant is tokenized, it is preceded first by a 15, which identifies it as a string constant, and then by another number representing its length.
		BASIC variables may be scalar (e.g., A= 5), arrays (e.g., A(1)=5) or strings (e.g., A$(1,1)= "5").
	www.cyberroach.com /analog/an25/basictutorial.htm (1660 words)

	De Re Atari - Chapter 10
		In the case of the double quotes, BASIC assumes that a character string is following and assigns a 0F hex to the output token and reserves a dummy byte for the string length.
		Recode - Because BASIC is not a structured language, the code written in it tends to be inefficient.
		BASIC copies the first byte of the source string into the first byte of the destination string, then the second, third, and so on.
	www.atariarchives.org /dere/chapt10.php (4494 words)

	Atari BASIC – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
		Atari BASIC removed this limitation, all commands could be used in immediate mode (no line numbers) or inside a program (add line numbers).
		Atari BASIC, for all it's good and bad points in the language itself, has the added distinction of being what is possibly the world's slowest BASIC.
		Basically because of two problems – a poor implementation of line number lookups in loops and jumps, and a poor implementation of multiply and divide.
	www3.sympatico.ca /maury/other_stuff/atari_basic.html (4117 words)

	Strings in Atari BASIC
		ATARI BASIC permits several strings to be dimensioned in one statement.
		If (aexp) is greater than 255, the BASIC interpreter substracts some integer multiple of 256 from (aexp) to obtain a number in the range of 0 to 255.
		Although ATARI BASIC is not the most powerful BASIC available, it is sufficiently flexible to implement all typical string operations.
	www.cyberroach.com /analog/an11/strings.htm (2860 words)

	AGH -- Atari XEGS Information
		Atari decided to use that extra ROM for the Missile Command game, which is bank-switched in and out much like how Atari BASIC is toggled on and off.
		Atari has informed me, however, that the XG-1 and a revised Bug Hunt will be released as a separate package.
		If Atari can provide a responsive cartridge production service for third party software vendors (something the old Atari never would have done), then we're likely to see the software base for the 8-bit Ataris grow with the popularity of the game industry, which is definitely on the rise again.
	www.atarihq.com /atcomp/xegs.html (2354 words)

	Allen's Halloween Page: Atari 800 Robotics
		The Atari 400 is basically the same as the 800, but with only one cartridge slot and a membrane keyboard.
		The Atari Peripheral Emulator (APE) is a program which allows an IBM PC to simulate the presence of multiple Atari hard drives and floppy drives for an Atari computer using a special cable which connects between the Atari serial port and the PC serial port.
		Atari BASIC can handle text strings and arrays, it can store data in and retrieve data from files on a floppy, it has several mathematical functions, and it can execute machine language subroutines for greater speed.
	softlyspokenmagicspells.com /halloween/atari800.html (3069 words)

	The Atari 800XL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Atari 800XL was the third version of the Atari 8-bit line of computers introduced in 1983.
		The OS was still slightly incompatible with many original Atari 400/800 software titles, but Atari began to distribute a "Translator" disk which would load up a 400/800 compatible OS into memory so that the 800XL could support those programs.
		Atari was already looking into Cost Reducing the 800XL line of computers, a newer version called the Atari 800XLCR (Codenamed "Keri") was already in the works and the new chip: "KERI" which was the Combine GTIA/ANTIC also referred to as the CGIA was in tests and almost ready.
	www.atarimuseum.com /computers/8BITS/XL/800xl/800xl.htm (359 words)

	Atari 8-Bit Computers: Frequently Asked Questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		While the 8-bit Atari computers in their heyday were technically quite comparable if not superior in the worlds of home and business personal computing, they also live up to the name "Atari" with a huge library of video games which were often outstanding for their time.
		Atari was a HUGE company, dominating Silicon Valley, and included a massive research and development department which famously designed many, many products that never saw the light of day.
		Atari called this format "dual-density," but the Atari community quickly came to refer to this format as "enhanced-density" to better differentiate it from widely available 3rd-party truly double density disk drives and supporting versions of DOS.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/atari-8-bit/faq (14140 words)

	OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum
		A > ATARI > 600 / 800 XL
		The Atari 800XL, together with the 600XL, were successors of the Atari 400/800 series and the unsuccessful Atari 1200 XL in a more compact case.
		Regarding the comment "and can use the same software just so long as the program was written correctly", a translator disk was provided with the 1050 disk drive (the drive released with the XL series) that allowed the 600/800xl to run all older software.
	www.old-computers.com /museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=27 (306 words)

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		TURBO BASIC COMMAND LIST Compiled and Translated by Dave and Laura Yearke This documentation is provided by the Western New York Atari Users Group and may be reprinted freely provided this credit is included.
		It also runs 3 times faster than Atari BASIC, includes most DOS commands, has advanced graphics and programming functions, and is insensitive to lower case or inverse characters for most commands.
		Turbo BASIC fixes this bug, but leaves it available for Atari BASIC programs which may take advantage of it.
	www.umich.edu /~archive/atari/8bit/Unverified/Cislib_b/tbhlp.txt (1428 words)

	Microsoft BASIC version information
		The BASIC programming language was developed at Dartmouth College in the mid-1960's by professors John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz, as a vehicle to be used to teach programming.
		The BASIC language wasn't enhanced in PDS 7.1 over 7.0, the improvements were in programming tools and OS/2 compatibility.
		Microsoft's BASIC compilers, before the diversion of QB (meant to address the horror of Borland's wildly successful Turbo Pascal), were up to version 5.35 or so (also sold as IBM BASCOM in versions 1.0 and 2.0 before IBM dropped the line).
	www.emsps.com /oldtools/msbasv.htm (3832 words)

	OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum
		The Atari 1200 XL was the predecessor of the Atari 600/800 XL.
		The Atari 1200XL did not suffer from widespread compatibility problems; a relatively small amount of software that (generally) did not precisely conform to 400/800 standards (primarily 3rd-party games) did not work.
		64 KB 16 KB (the Basic is on a cardridge)
	www.old-computers.com /museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=16 (424 words)

	batari basic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Atari 2600 BASIC is intended as a beginner's platform so that one may become accustomed to the intricacies of the system.
		Although Atari 2600 BASIC uses a "canned" kernel which displays two player objects of any height, two missiles of any height, an asymmetric playfield, and a 6-digit score.
		The sources are included such that one may write their own kernel for use with the compiler.
	alienbill.com /2600/basic (512 words)

	ATARI XEGS
		The XEGS was essentially an Atari 65XE computer reworked cosemtically to give the appearance of a game console.
		The 65XE and 130XE had been Atari Corp. (under the Tramiel's) last update to Atari's venerable 8bit line (the original Atari 400/800 and their 600xl and 800xl successors) before the new Atari switched over to the new 16bit ST computers.
		The console was designed to be able to be used as a stand-alone console or as a full computer when the optional keyboard and any standard 8bit computer peripherals were connected.
	www.classicgaming.com /gamingmuseum/atarixegs.html (317 words)

	AtariAge - Have You Played Atari Today?
		A new version of the Atari 7800 emulator EMU7800 is now available.
		While many games of this nature have been released for the 2600 (to say nothing of the countless Space Invaders hacks), Silvio's game adds a breath of fresh air to the genre.
		Amiga was founded by former Atari employee Jay Miner in 1982.
	www.atariage.com (918 words)

	Maldrobe Warfunctions - Must-read for vintage video gaming fans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Yes, you read that correctly -- it lets normal mortals write games for the Atari we all played to bits before we finally poured orange juice into the console by accident when we were XYZ years old.
		It is my hope that folks will use this BASIC as a stepping stone to serious 2600/6502 programming, much like we all did in the past on our C-64's, Apples or Atari 8-bits.
		But the original "BASIC Programming" cart was a cute toy that couldn't do much (though it was amazing that anything like that could actually run on the 2600 itself, of course).
	boutell.livejournal.com /273044.html (755 words)

	Emulators Online - Atari 8-bit Emulation
		Xformer 2000 is the Atari 8-bit emulator for Windows, made by the same people that brought you the ST Xformer Atari 8-bit emulator for GEM, and the PC Xformer Atari 8-bit emulator for MS-DOS.
		All you need is a one half of a fl Atari SIO cable (with the 13-pin connector on one end, bare wires on the other), a DB-25 male connector, and a 4.7K pull up resistor.
		In 1996 we stopped manufacturing the cables ourselves but the cables do continue to be made by some Atari dealers such as B and C and others.
	www.emulators.com /xformer.htm (3055 words)

	The Eight Queens Problem
		The brute force of computer power is used to solve a complicated chess problem in this BASIC program.
		Works on all Atari computers with 24K memory for cassette, or 32K for disk.
		My Atari should be able to figure it out." You were right.
	www.atarimagazines.com /v3n12/Queens8.html (486 words)

	Atari Computer Stuff
		Like most everything written in Atari BASIC, the line drawing routines were much too slow.
		Gary had told me that a Phil's AMP data file was nothing more than a collection of macros assembled with Atari's macro assembler --- which led to a very long music development cycle.
		ASP was based on the article and BASIC program "Talk Is Cheap" by Ed Stewart which appeared seven years earlier in the July 1983 issue of Antic.
	www.geocities.com /SoHo/1354/atari.htm (873 words)

	The Atari 400/800 and OSS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Around the time I was finishing up Apple DOS, Atari approached Shepardson Microsystems with a proposal to write a Basic Interpreter for a new home computer they were creating.
		Little did I know at the time that this overture would start me down a path that would lead to the writing of two books, the founding of a new company, employment at Atari and the start of a very satisfying career as a software engineering manager.
		This book provides the actual source listing for the Atari Basic and provides a detailed description of each of the code routines.
	www.laughton.com /paul/abps/oss/oss.html (247 words)

	Table of Contents: Atari Basic - A Self-Teaching Guide
		You may be able to buy a pre-owned, printed copy of the book from amazon.com.
		Atari Basic - A Self-Teaching Guide is copyright © 1979 by Bob Albrecht, LeRoy Finkel, and Jerald R. Brown, and is posted on www.atariarchives.org with permission.
		Do not redistribute, mirror, or copy this online book.
	www.atariarchives.org /basic (115 words)

	Atari 8-Bit Computers: Vendors and Developers
		Atari 8-Bit Computers Vendors and Developers List "A comprehensive list of vendors, developers, publishers, and repair shops for Atari 8-bit computers and their users" Additions/suggestions/comments/corrections are needed!
		The Atari Times (Gregory George) 2/04 USA http://www.ataritimes.com/ Publisher: The Atari Times online newsletter, The Atari Times Annual Compendium (paper book) ATARIX (paper magazine) 8/02 See: Satantronic ATESIG UNVERIFIED c/o Decker G. McAllister, Jr.
		Easy tool for archiving atari casettes to the PC files" -- Atart 3.00.0 interface - construction and manual, Atart 1.05.0 program zip archive (manual contained) Anthony Jaroslav Truhlar 12/03 England http://www.truhlar.org/ Developer: CopyPlus 1.1, Metric/Imperial converter, resistance calculator, several other programs.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/atari-8-bit/vendev (2282 words)

	Emulators Online - Run the Mac OS on Windows!
		Ultra-mobile handheld computers are the future and we are proud to bring Atari TOS and Mac OS to them.
		This site is your source for free Macintosh and Atari emulation software for use on Windows-based PCs, free original packages of Mac OS 8.1, and product reviews by Darek Mihocka - the world's most Starbucks addicted geek.
		Each virtual Atari 800 is running a completely different program - one is running Atari BASIC, the other is running the well known game STAR RAIDERS.
	www.emulators.com (903 words)

	MAKE: Blog: batari BASIC - compiler for creating Atari 2600 games
		MAKE: Blog: batari BASIC - compiler for creating Atari 2600 games
		Although Atari 2600 BASIC is a viable development platform on its own, its real purpose is as a stepping stone toward 2600 programming using assembly language.
		Atari 2600 BASIC "lowers the bar" so that others with limited programming experience can write games that can run on a real Atari 2600 or an emulator.
	www.makezine.com /blog/archive/2005/07/batari_basic_co.html (214 words)

	XL Search - The Atari 8-bit File Archive Search Engine
		XL Search is a search engine, similar to CNet's "Shareware.com", which lets you find files (software programs, images, documents, etc.) at an FTP site and download them to your PC.
		If you've got an Atari 8-bit computer or emulator, this is the best spot to find software fast!!!
		XL Search by Bill Kendrick with help, 1997 - 2002.
	www.newbreedsoftware.com /xlsearch (181 words)

	Classic Computer Magazine Archive
		Focus: Atari 8-Bit computers, some Atari ST coverage
		Atariarchives.org serves up full-text of 30 classic computing books plus Atari software
		FlightSimBooks.com has the full text of 11 flight simulation books
	www.atarimagazines.com (46 words)

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