| |
| | Production BASIC : The New Business Basic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Versions of Basic have been available since the early 60s on timesharing systems for training, experimentation, and simple applications. |
 | | In the early 70s, a company called Basic Four brought out a small commercial system consisting of a 16bit cpu, 2.1mb hard drive, 24k of memory, two video display stations, and a 110cps dot matrix printer, all for the unbelievably low price of only $37,500 (Wow!). |
 | | In the 80's, Thoroughbred Software International released a version that was both an operating system and the Basic Language, all rolled into one, that ran (very well) on a Wyse 80386 system, using 120mb hard drive, 2mb of memory, and supported up to 32 users. |
| probasic.sourceforge.net /about.html (237 words) |
|