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	AGH Museum -- Atari "Graduate" 2600 Computer
		Atari's Graduate, also known as "My First Computer", was designed as an entry level computer system slated for release in September of 1983.
		Atari planned to support the Graduate with a full line of peripheral products including data storage devices, additional memory, a modem and a printer.
		Initial programs for the Graduate were to include introductions to programming using Microsoft BASIC (which is built into the Graduate), educational programs, home management aids and a selection of games which benefit from the enhanced graphics capability of the computer module.
	www.atarihq.com /museum/2678/graduate.html (468 words)

	Encyclopedia: Atari BASIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		ATARI BASIC was a ROM resident BASIC interpreter for the Atari 8-bit family of 6502-based home computers.
		Atari's first attempt to produce a BASIC followed the lines of most other companies; they puchased a license to the already-standard Microsoft 8K BASIC intending to convert it to run on the new machine.
		Atari packaged a diskette-based version of MS BASIC, Atari Microsoft BASIC, and later managed to fit it onto a cartridge as well, but those saw little use.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Atari-BASIC (1135 words)

	Encyclopedia: BASIC programming language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The original BASIC language was invented in 1963 by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz and implemented by a team of Dartmouth students under their direction.
		BASIC was intended to address the complexity issues of older languages with a new language designed specifically for the new class of users the time-sharing systems allowed â” that is, a "simpler" user who was not as interested in speed as in simply being able to use the machine.
		BASIC also had the advantage that it was fairly well known to the young designers who took an interest in microcomputers at the time as a result of Kemeny and Kurtz's earlier proselytizing.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/BASIC-programming-language (7407 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 industry standard Microsoft BASIC dialect adapted to the Atari 800 and later Atari computers of that architecture.
		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.
		Atari Microsoft BASIC differed from standard Microsoft BASIC of the day in that the graphic coordinates had the Y-axis going up the screen, rather than the more popular down.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atari_Microsoft_BASIC_II (261 words)

	Atari BASIC -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Atari's first attempt to produce a BASIC followed the lines of most other companies; they puchased a license to the already-standard (additional info and facts about Microsoft 8K BASIC) Microsoft 8K BASIC intending to convert it to run on the new machine.
		Unlike the MS BASIC which followed (The last (12th) month of the year) DEC conventions, the new BASIC was patterned on (additional info and facts about Data General) Data General's BASIC and had a number of obvious differences.
		Worse yet, arrays in ATARI BASIC were single-dimensional only, meaning that if a program used arrays of strings it essentially had to be completely redesigned for the Atari.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/At/Atari_BASIC4.htm (991 words)

	Atari 600XL review. Your Computer November 1983
		Atari has obviously taken to heart the rejection of the 400's keyboard: the one on the 600 is superb.
		Atari's Microsoft Basic is being issued on ROM as Microsoft Basic II.
		Atari seems to be implying that as there are about 50 books available, you ought to go out and buy one.
	www.gondolin.org.uk /hchof/reviews/yc-atari600xl.html (2250 words)

	Microsoft BASIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Altair BASIC interpreter was developed by Microsoft founders Paul Allen and Bill Gates with help from Monte Davidoff, using a self made Intel 8080 software simulator running on a minicomputer.It was delivered on paper tape and in its original version took 4 KB of memory.
		After the initial success of Altair BASIC, Microsoft BASIC became the basis for a lucrative software licensing business, beingported to the majority of the numerous home and personal computers of the 1970s and especially the 1980s, and extendedalong the way.
		Atari Microsoft BASIC I and II (Atari 8-bitfamily)
	www.therfcc.org /microsoft-basic-165879.html (254 words)

	Bambooweb: BASIC programming language
		BASIC's name, coined in classic, computer science tradition to produce a nice acronym, stands for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code,¹ tied to the name of an unpublished paper by the language's co-inventor, Thomas Kurtz (the name thus having no relation to C.K. Ogden's series "Basic English").
		The original BASIC language was invented in 1964 by John Kemeny (1926–93) and Thomas Kurtz (1928–) at Dartmouth College and implemented by a team of Dartmouth students under their direction.
		Modern BASIC dialects have abandoned line numbers, and support most (or all) of the structured control and data declaration constructs known in other languages like C and Visual Basic have introduced object-oriented features, and even inheritance in the latest version.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/b/a/BASIC_programming_language.html (2945 words)

	The RBLog: Microsoft MVPs revolt
		Microsoft's product managers will likely say this is not the case, and will point to migration tools and strategies the company offers.
		Microsoft Windows XP and Server 2003, Microsoft Office, Visual Studio, Microsoft's enterprise business solutions; they're all built in Visual C++ (as is practically everything else the company sells).
		This will be to the benefit of language vendors other than Microsoft, which squandered a golden lock on the hearts, minds, and souls of BASIC programmers worldwide--all in the name of something new and allegedly better (read: we need an answer to Java).
	rblevin.blogspot.com /2005/03/microsoft-mvps-revolt.html (917 words)

	Atari Microsoft BASIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Atari Microsoft BASIC and Atari Microsoft BASIC II variants of the BASIC programming language were cartridge or floppydisk packaged versions of the industry standard Microsoft BASIC dialect adapted to the Atari 800 and later Atari computers ofthat architecture.
		Atari Microsoft BASIC differed from standard Microsoft BASIC of the day in that the graphiccoordinates had the Y-axis going up the screen, rather than the more popular down.
		Although in many regards morecapable than Atari's in-house¹ ATARI BASIC aka Sheperdson BASIC, MicrosoftBASIC was never a definite success on the Atari 8-bit platform.
	www.therfcc.org /atari-microsoft-basic-249037.html (156 words)

	Atari Microsoft BASIC - Definition, explanation
		The Atari Microsoft BASIC and Atari Microsoft BASIC II variants of the BASIC programming language were cartridge or floppy disk packaged versions of the industry standard Microsoft BASIC dialect adapted to the Atari 800 and later Atari computers of that architecture.
		Atari Microsoft BASIC differed from standard Microsoft BASIC of the day in that the graphic coordinates had the Y-axis going up the screen, rather than the more popular down.
		Although in many regards more capable than Atari's in-house¹ ATARI BASIC aka Sheperdson BASIC, Microsoft BASIC was never a definite success on the Atari 8-bit platform.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/a/at/atari_microsoft_basic.php (175 words)

	Microsoft BASIC version information
		Microsoft's licensing spokesperson "Rich H." told me, on 2-8-00, that anyone with a valid license to use any recent version of Visual Basic is also licensed to use any older version of Microsoft Basic products.
		Microsoft BASIC for the 6800 and 6809 microprocessors.
		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 (3876 words)

	BASIC Compilers for the Atari
		The amount of memory required by a compiled BASIC program depends on three things: the size and type of program being compiled, the efficiency of the compilation, and the size of the run-time package required to support the code.
		That means BASIC hackers can spend less time puzzling over stacks, disk screens and other unfamiliar concepts, and more time improving the quality of their BASIC.
		BASIC compilers are about to open the world of professional software development to a whole new range of talented authors.
	www.cyberroach.com /analog/an11/compilers.htm (3568 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).
		Basically because of two problems – a poor implementation of line number lookups in loops and jumps, and a poor implementation of multiply and divide.
		The exceptions to the rule were the most basic functions of all, it assumed that either the hardware or the implementation team would provide their own versions of add, subtract, multiply and divide.
	www3.sympatico.ca /maury/other_stuff/atari_basic.html (4117 words)

	Review: Atari Microsoft BASIC
		Sources at Atari tell me that a 16K AMSB ROM is in the planning stages, but will not be available until at least the end of this year.
		It would certainly be easier to convert from one Microsoft BASICS to another, than to convert from Microsoft to Atari 8K or to A +.
		A+ is a version of BASIC which is available for the Atari as well as other microcomputers.
	www.atarimagazines.com /compute/issue23/084_1_Part_II_Atari_Microsoft_BASIC.php (819 words)

	Education: Burning Candle at Both Ends: Converting a program to Microsoft BASIC
		In the December 1982 issue of ANTIC Magazine, there was an interesting ATARI BASIC program called "Candle, Candle, Burning Bright" by Linda M. Schreiber.
		Microsoft also allows the use of the apostrophe (') or REM to offset remarks.
		Microsoft's RND function uses integer values, picking a random number between 1 and the integer value in the parentheses.
	www.atarimagazines.com /v2n2/education.html (709 words)

	Atari Microsoft BASIC
		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.
		ATARI BASIC (aka Shepardson BASIC), Microsoft BASIC never had the popularity that Atari BASIC had.
		Atari BASIC was in fact developed by an external contractor team (Shepardson Microsystems) but branded as and sold by Atari themselves.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/at/Atari%20Microsoft%20BASIC.htm (236 words)

	ATARI BASIC - Famous Women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		However, during development the home computer market "took off", and management realized they could sell the machine at a considerably higher price point if it were re-purposed for that market.
		Atari's first attempt to produce a BASIC followed the lines of most other companies; they puchased a license to the already-standard Microsoft 8K BASIC.
		Atari also packaged cartridge and diskette-based versions of MS BASIC, Atari Microsoft BASIC, but those saw little use.
	www.famous.tc /ATARI_BASIC.html (850 words)

	Outpost: Atari.
		When the cartridge and the disk are used together, this version of Microsoft Basic is exactly the same as the disk-based version released about two years ago.
		The main difference is that Atari was unable to fit 18D bytes worth of Microsoft Basic into a 16K cartridge.
		When using the Bit-3 80-column board with Atari Microsoft Basic II, there seems to be a problem switching to the 80-column mode in DOS by means of the binary load ON file.
	www.atarimagazines.com /creative/v10n3/252_Outpost_Atari.php (2848 words)

	Commodore.ca \| Gallery \| Brochures \| VIC-20, Coleco Adam & Atari 800XL Comparison
		Atari 1020 Prlnter/Plotter, Atari 1025 Printer, or Atari 1027 Letter quality Printer.
		Atari Microsoft BASIC, Atari Microsoft BASIC 11, Assembly Language, Atari Pilot Atari Logo, Pascal and Forth available on request.
		Built In SMART BASIC, computable with Applesoft BASICcompatibility.
	www.commodore.ca /gallery/brochures/vic-20_comparison/vic-20_atari_adam.htm (323 words)

	Atari 8-Bit FAQ #1 - A work in progress!
		While slower than today's PC's, the 8-bit Atari is far less costly than any of these, is easier to program at the machine level or alter at the hardware level, and has been documented more thoroughly than any of the newer computing platforms.
		The 8-bit Atari owner can take pride that his/her computer platform was developed years before the IBM PC or Apple Macintosh were even on the drawing boards, but remains as useful today as it was in 1979.
		Bill and his FAQ are excellent sources for information on basic usage of the 8-bit Atari, and for information on the 8-bit Atari emulators which run on other computing platforms.
	www.psinux.org /download/atari/faq.htm (14419 words)

	Basic Programming Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		BASIC's name, coined in classic, computer science tradition to produce a nice acronym, stands for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code,¹ tied to the name of an unpublished paper by the language's co-inventor, Thomas Kurtz (the name thus having no relation to C. Ogden's series "Basic English").
		Almost immediately after its release, computer professionals started deriding BASIC as too slow and too simple;² such elitism is a recurring theme in the computer industry.
		Modern BASIC dialects have abandoned line numbers, and support most (or all) of the structured control and data declaration constructs known in other languages like C and Pascal (note also that some advanced versions of line number-based home computer BASICs incorporated such constructs as these to good effect):
	www.wikiverse.org /basic-programming-language (2986 words)

	Inside Atari Microsoft BASIC: A First Look
		Jim Butterfield, an expert on the 8K Microsoft BASIC used on other machines, begins the documentation of the complex inner workings of Atari Microsoft BASIC.
		Single versus double precision arithmetic, for example, calls for a dramatic rearrangement of the floating accumulators and of the way variables are stored as compared to the better-known 8K Microsoft BASICs.
		It's the usual format: two-byte forward chain to the next BASIC line, two-byte BASIC line number, the line itself (tokenized) and finally a zero byte to flag end-of-line.
	www.atariarchives.org /c2ba/page051.php (276 words)

	My Atari 8 Bit Collection
		Atari 65 XE Atari 130 XE Atari 1040 STE 4 Meg.
		Atari 400/800 Activision Dreadnaught Factor Y Y C
		Atari 400/800 Parker Bros Q*bert A1126 Y Y C
	members.shaw.ca /pcollard/atari400.htm (303 words)

	Atari game software and hardware
		Used large fl Atari power supply (about the size of a small brick) part number CO 70099-3 for use with Atari computer.
		BASIC compiler for Atari 800 and 400 (48k) by Datasoft.
		Each Atari title is faithfully reproducted to the last detail to run on Microsoft Windows 95 or higher.
	www.oldsoftware.com /atari.html (1569 words)

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