Date   : Sat, 02 Mar 2002 18:30:11 GMT
From   : pete@... (Pete Turnbull)
Subject: Re: apl, hibasic 87?

On Mar 2, 14:07, W.Scholten wrote:

> More things that are missing from the archives:
>
> -----------
>   Acorn's 1987 HI-BASIC                          for B/B+/Master
>   Available under license from Acorn, Tubelink are able to supply
>   the very latest version of Hi-BASIC which offers considerable
>   speed and accuracy improvements over the previous versions.
>   Compatible with 6502 second processor and Turbo co-
>   processor, and supplied on 40/80 track disc for just C9.95.
> -----------
>
> Ok, so where is it? Anyone have it?

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.

If you want a copy, I've put it in
http://www.dunnington.u-net.com/public/ROMs/HIBASIC.bin

> >From AU may 1987:
> -----------
>   Free language
>
>   Mathematically minded prog-
>   rammers will be pleased that
>   the APL language is to be avail-
>   able for the BBC micro - free.
>     APL (A Programming Lan-
>   guage) is widely used on mini-
>   computers for maths work.
>     A group, I-APL,    is produc-
>   ing an APL interpreter for
>   home micros, and will distri-
>   bute it free, although the group
>   will accept donations.
>     Contact I-APL at 2 Blenheim
>   Road, St Albans, ALI 4NR.

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

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Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
                                               Network Manager
                                               University of York