Date   : Sat, 02 Mar 2002 19:54:22 +0000
From   : "W.Scholten" <wouter.scholten@...>
Subject: Re: apl, hibasic 87?

Pete Turnbull wrote:

> The only HI-BASIC I've ever come across is Copyright 1983 Acorn, not 1987.
>  That makes sense, because it was for the 6502 Second Processor and Acorn
> had stopped selling them before 1987 (which was when the Archimedes range
> was launched -- June 1987).  If there was another version, I'm sure I'd
> know about it, as I worked for an Acron distributor until 1987, and in
> Acorn Sales from January 1987.

Acorn probably didn't sell it itself; that's the impression I get from
the ads (probably not worth the effort for them). The master turbo also
uses a 6502 2p (4MHz, slightly different CPU but that's not the point),
so 'stopped selling them before 1987' I cannot agree with. And you'd be
surprised what people don't know/hear/notice about the products they
sell (like a dealer not knowing about certain service manuals!). And if
Acorn didn't sell it, a distributor obviously wouldn't come across it.

> If you want a copy

Only the 87 version.

Chris Johns wrote:

> There is one called ABasic IIRC, which has a later copyright date, and
> some bizzare errors, such as "Floti" (or something like that). I'll dig
> it out if I can find it, it ran on the tube,  I think it was something
> that never got as far as being released, as it seems a little buggy.

Tubelink ads mention 'Advanced BASIC' which included the 1987 hibasic
disc. This might be ABasic so you can find more (esp. the 87 basic) I'd
be very interested! (I'll OCR the ad if there's interest, see e.g. AU
nov 1987 p.32)

[ APL ]

> See http://www.vector.org.uk/prodguid/iapl.htm

Well, these people make a real effort to provide no details whatsoever!

Is is master only? Is it with source code? was it free to redistribute
as stated it would be? If not, is now free to distribute?

W.