Date   : Sat, 02 Mar 2002 19:59:27 GMT
From   : pete@... (Pete Turnbull)
Subject: Re: apl, hibasic 87?

On Mar 2, 18:40, 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.

The only ABASIC I've come across in connection with Acorn is for an Atom,
and it's much older than 1983 (never mind 1987).  There was a program
called ABasic for a PC (nothing to do with Acorn).  There was also ARM
BASIC (copyright 1986), perhaps what you've seen was related to the ARM
development system or A500 (both of which used a BBC B for I/O, via the
Tube).  The development systems versions were on disk (only) and usually
had the filename AB, but internally they were called ARM BBC BASIC V.

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