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	BBC BASIC programming language
		BBC BASIC was developed in 1981 as a native programming language for Acorn BBC Microcomputer.
		It was a version of BASIC adapted for a computer literacy project of the BBC.
		BBC BASIC also included powerful statements for controlling the BBC Micro's four-channel sound output and its graphics display.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bb/BBC_BASIC.html (56 words)

	R. T. Russell: BBC BASIC (Z80) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		BBC BASIC (Z80) is an implementation of BBC BASIC for Z80-based CP/M™ computers (CP/M version 2.2 or later); it has been designed to be as compatible as possible with Version 4 of the 6502 BBC BASIC resident in the BBC Micro Master series.
		BBC BASIC (Z80) is available in four versions: a 'generic' CP/M version, a special version for the Amstrad Colour Computers (CPC464, CPC664 and CPC6128), a special version for the Tatung Einstein and a special version for the Torch Z80 Second Processor.
		BBC BASIC (Z80) occupies about 16 Kbytes of RAM; the rest of the user memory (up to a total of about 48 Kbytes) is available for BASIC program(s), variables (heap) and stack.
	www.cix.co.uk /~rrussell/bbcbasic/z80basic.html (413 words)

	BBCBasic \| basic.mindteq.com
		BBC Basic for Windows borned to be initially compatible with the 6502 BBC Basic resident in the BBC Micro Master series.
		As it first destination was microcontrollers BBC Basic has many features that others languages don't have such as teletext mode, other commands involving particular screen display modes and graphics up to 1600x1200, hardcopy video regions.
		BBC Basic language is similar to the old Basic, but the code is not so neat as that.
	basic.mindteq.com /Details/BBCBasic.html (202 words)

	R.T.Russell: Happy Birthday BBC BASIC!
		Acorn Computers and the BBC set the end of July 1981 as the deadline for the completion of the very first version of BBC BASIC, so it would be ready in time for the launch of the BBC Microcomputer later that year.
		SimplEPOS, written in BBC BASIC for Windows, is a simple to use, yet powerful, EPOS (Electronic Point Of Sale) package which provides point of sale, stock control and business management for general retail businesses.
		BBC BASIC for Windows was used to write software for Cardiff-based Calon TV which analyses the storyboards and animatic timings for each episode of children's stop-motion animations - such as Hana's Helpline (due for broadcast in 2007).
	www.bbcbasic.co.uk /bbcbasic/birthday/index.html (1009 words)

	BBC BASIC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		BASIC IV, also known as CMOS BASIC, available on the BBC Master and BBC Master Compact machines, was changed to use the new instructions available in the 65C12 processor, reducing the size of the code and therefore allowing the inclusion of
		A Zilog Z80-version of BBC BASIC was also used on the Tiki 100 desktop computer, Cambridge Z88 portable and the Amstrad NC100 Notepad and Amstrad NC200 Notebook computers.
		A version of BBC Basic integrated with the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface, BBC BASIC for Windows created by Richard Russell(who also developed the Z80 and x86 versions), was released in 2001.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BBC_BASIC (756 words)

	The BBC lives! -- Introduction & History
		The BBC had serious discussions with Clive Sinclair (or Sir Clive), who tried to peddle the terrible "NewBrain" micro to them, but it came nowhere near the specification the BBC had drawn up, and was rejected.
		The BBC was often seen on BBC television programmes such as The Adventure Game, Tomorrow's World, Beat the Teacher, Doctor Who (where it provided many graphics and even special effects) and on countless educational programmes during the 1980s.
		In 1985, Acorn launched the BBC B+, basically a BBC B with 64 or 128 KB RAM instead of 32 KB.
	www.nvg.ntnu.no /bbc/history.php3 (3572 words)

	Iyonix: BBC BASIC
		BASIC will now surrender application space if possible at certain moments: during SYS calls (as long as no string parameters are passed in), MODE changes, OSCLI and * commands.
		BASIC will now return an error if it fails for any reason, eg if it can't start due to lack of RAM (previous versions would go into an infinite loop).
		Syntax errors in WHEN statement were not detected in previous versions of BASIC if the first part of the expression (before the error) evaluated to a value which did not match the case.
	www.iyonix.com /32bit/BASIC.shtml (781 words)

	Rakewell's BBC BASIC Page \| Cambridge Z88 suppliers \| PC Accessories \|
		BBC BASIC for Windows is a new version of BBC BASIC for PCs which is fully integrated into the Microsoft Windows™; operating environment (Windows™ 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000 or XP).
		BBC BASIC for Windows allows you to create a stand-alone executable (.EXE) file from your BASIC program, which will run without BBC BASIC having to be installed and without the need for any special DLLs.
		BBC BASIC for Windows (single user) costs only £29.99 including VAT and the postage is free within the UK (£25.52 plus VAT).
	www.rakewell.com /bbc/bbc_basic4w.shtml (1033 words)

	BBC Basic Programming
		BBC Basic has been in use for two decades so it is well tried and tested.
		The BBC Model B computer was in use in thousands of British schools, colleges and universities during the eighties.
		BBC Basic is designed to show the power of programming when the user may know only a handful of commands.
	web.onetel.com /~richardweston (575 words)

	The Acorn BBC Microcomputer – Telcontar.net
		The BBC Microcomputer was a British machine made by Acorn Computer and introduced in 1981, primarily for the British education market, finding a home in schools all across Britain.
		A vast range of software was developed for the BBC Micro, including educational software for schools, office software, desktop publishing and graphics, a whole host of excellent games (most notably Elite, and my old favourite Gold Digger) and radio amateur software such as morse code decoding and even satellite access.
		Stairway to Hell is a BBC Micro and Electron games archive full of BBC software to play under emulation or copy over to a real machine as well as cover scans, help, instructions, MP3 audio of game music, cheats and lots more.
	telcontar.net /Misc/BBCMicro (1325 words)

	BASIC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The original BASIC language was designed in 1963 by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz and implemented by a team of Dartmouth students under their direction.
		Versions of Microsoft BASIC soon started appearing on other platforms under license, and millions of copies and variants were soon in use; it became one of the standard languages on the Apple II (based on the quite different 6502 MPU).
		BBC BASIC was a very well-regarded dialect, and made the transition from the original BBC Micro computer to more than 30 other platforms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BASIC_programming_language (2229 words)

	John Allen's Z88 Basic
		One way of sending programs from the BBC micro to the Z88 was described in the February 1988 issue of The Micro User, here we've a utility which works in both directions, is easier to use and more thorough.
		On the Z88 some of the BBC Basic commands are missing, these are the ones relating to graphics, sound and analogue to digital conversion.
		All BBC Basic files are stored in tokenised form (in other words keywords, like PRINT, are stored as a single byte which makes them easy for the interpreter to find).
	johnallen.com /z88/basic.html (689 words)

	The BBC lives! -- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
		BBC floppy diskettes use "single density" compared to "modern" diskettes used on PCs (which are "double" and "high" density).
		BBC Explorer is a drag-and-drop Windows program that can create a new disk image from dragged BBC files or their *.inf files, or extract such files from an exisiting image.
		Downloading on the BBC means loading a file into a certain range of memory, then moving it to another range, usually lower in memory.
	www.nvg.ntnu.no /bbc/faq.php3 (4303 words)

	BBC BASIC - MDFS::Software.$.BBCBasic.BBC
		It was developed as the onboard Basic for the BBC Microcomputer.
		BASIC 4 set up to run from main RAM with shadow screen and four banks of sideways RAM for 64K of program workspace.
		BASIC 5 for the BBC/Master with 6502 second processor, also known as Advanced Basic.
	www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk /Software/BBCBasic/BBC (184 words)

	The Truth about BBC BASIC
		BBC BASIC was originally written by Roger Wilson, an employee of Acorn.
		The PC version of BBC BASIC was written by Richard T. Russell, Jeffrey Raynor and Brandon Butterworth, all then working at the BBC Designs Department in Western House, around the corner from Broadcasting House.
		Now "native" BBC BASIC is called BASIC V and has lots of bells and whistles, but the company which inherited it from Acorn refuse to divulge any information about it.
	www.heretical.com /sheppard/bbcbasic.html (376 words)

	BBC BASIC turns 25 - RISC OS News, Software and Information
		BBC BASIC, the language that inspired a generation of British geeks, marked its 25th birthday earlier this week.
		As for BBC Basic in RISC OS: It's is useful but lacks some features (unless you start using the odd add-on library or AppBasic), still has no debugger (VBScript has one), is very limiting on strings (which was ok as long as file names were limited to 10 chars) just to name a few.
		BASIC V I thought was brilliant, especially all the extra RISC OS related commands such as SYS_OS SpriteOp, you had the makings of a game development environment already built in.
	www.drobe.co.uk /riscos/artifact1678.html (4638 words)

	The BBC Computer Literacy Project - The BBC Micro (1981)
		The meeting with the BBC took place at 10am, and the people from the BBC were impressed with what they saw and awarded Acorn a contract for 12,000 machines.
		Initially two versions of the BBC Micro were launched, known as the Model A and the Model B. Both were based around a 2 MHz 6502 processor and featured the same operating system and language, BBC BASIC I (later BBC BASIC II), housed in 32 Kb of ROM.
		This was based on the BBC Model B, but included a speech synthesiser system and Econet interface as standard, and was fitted with BBC BASIC III (based on BBC BASIC II, but with a number of bug fixed and the addition of the COLOR keyword).
	www.mcmordie.co.uk /acornhistory/bbchist.shtml (713 words)

	BBC BASIC upgrade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Although Atom BASIC is an impressive achievement in terms of what can be crammed into just 8K of ROM, programmers may soon find it a chore to write programs with just 26 variables named A to Z. As memory prices fell, it became practical to provide more.
		This allows the BBC BASIC ROM to be seen at 8000 up, where it was in the BBC micro.
		The BBC micro had several hardware devices that are not present on the Atom or this project.
	www.howell1964.freeserve.co.uk /logic/bbc_basic.htm (773 words)

	Basic alternative compilers for Windows and Linux - stand alone EXE compiled files (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Basic when its creator passed the code to its codeveloper which changed the name to AsmBasic.
		Lemick syntax is based on BASIC but it is not a reimplementation of BASIC neither it tends to conform to some standards...
		Profan2 is a basic-like language with the syntax of Basic...
	basic.mindteq.com /WinList.asp (1166 words)

	emulation.net
		The BBC was designed by the UK company Acorn, makers of the Archimedes.
		Tries to implement much of the BBC command set - it doesn't do things beginning with * (ROM calls or something if I remember) and some of the VDU codes are not covered, I think.
		Basically fills the whole screen up with a BBC Micro view; the only concessions to the Mac are a menu bar and a text window for editing programs.
	www.komkon.org /EMUL8/Macintosh/bbcmicro/index.html (281 words)

	Open Directory - Computers: Programming: Languages: BASIC: BBC BASIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		BBC BASIC for PC compatibles - BBC BASIC interpreter for DOS x86 based systems.
		BBC BASIC for Windows - BBC BASIC interpreter for Windows environments.
		Russell - The company was established in 1983 to supply BBC BASIC interpreters for the Zilog/Mostek Z80 and Intel 80x86 ranges of processors.
	dmoz.org /Computers/Programming/Languages/BASIC/BBC_BASIC (124 words)

	Spectrum BBC BASIC - MDFS::Software.$.BBCBasic.Spectrum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This is the J.G.Harston reinterfacing of BBC BASIC (Z80) to run on the Sinclair Spectrum.
		BBC BASIC (Z80) and the accompanying files remain the Copyright (C) of R. Russell, 1982-2000.
		Certain code within the conversion of BBC BASIC (Z80) in order to enable it to run on the Sinclair Spectrum remains the Copyright (C) of J.G.Harston, 1989-2005.
	www.mdfs.net /Software/BBCBasic/Spectrum (177 words)

	VideogameJunkie - BBC Model B Feature
		Familiar to millions The BBC shipped with what many still consider to be a superb example of the Basic programming language: BBC Basic.
		Certainly most people who used a BBC at home would have at least dabbled with the language, after all the sizeable user guide supplied with the machine, over 500 pages, was devoted nearly exclusively to the programming of the machine.
		In contrast to many other variants of Basic of the time BBC Basic supported well organised structured programming through its rich support for function calls and procedures and local and global variables.
	www.videogamejunkie.co.uk /hardware/modelb/bbcbasic.php (528 words)

	Tim's Amstrad NC Users' Site -- BBC BASIC tokens feature
		When you type a program into the BBC BASIC interpreter on your Notepad or Notebook, the lines are not stored exactly as you have typed them.
		The program will run faster since BASIC only has to analyse one byte of information for each command rather than finding out if there is a string of characters making up a command (ie., the hard work is done when the line is typed in rather than when the program is run.)
		Although the NC uses the same tokens for commands as the BBC Micro does, programs written on the BBC Micro will not load on the NC because the order of the line number and number of bytes is different, as are the codes at the end of a program.
	www.ncus.org.uk /fmay98.htm (717 words)

	Open Directory - Computers: Programming: Languages: BASIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		History of BASIC - A history of one of the most commonly used programming languages.
		SXWIZ Basic Compiler for the SX28 - Basic compiler for the Ubicom SX28 Micro.
		VMM Basic - A virtual machine that execute a byte-code program, compiled from language, the syntax is similar to Basic languages, that have intern motion detection commands, intern sprite commands based on DirectX, network commands, for simplify game development.
	dmoz.org /Computers/Programming/Languages/BASIC (774 words)

	Retro Thing: Get Programming With BBC Basic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		BBC Basic was created as a turbocharged version of the Basic programming language for the famed Acorn BBC Micro.
		My elderly but much loved Cambridge Z88 notepad conveniently includes BBC Basic, and it has been ported to many modern platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and even Win CE.
		I assumed that the copyright date on the Spectrum version of BBC Basic correctly reflected its release.
	www.retrothing.com /2006/09/get_programming.html (303 words)

	Sprow's webpages - BBC Mecca
		There are programs for the original 6502 based machines, and BASIC software which should run on any version of BBC BASIC for other platforms.
		If you're using a genuine BBC Micro then a serial lead or DOSFS can be used to transfer the ZIP file by wire or on a PC format floppy.
		Once inside the BBC the ZIP file can be opened and the files extracted to the currently selected directory with the unZIP program, whose documentation should also be consulted, which will also validate the integrity of the data.
	www.sprow.co.uk /bbc/index.htm (529 words)

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