Date   : Tue, 20 Apr 2004 23:12:06 +0100 (BST)
From   : Pete Turnbull <pete@...>
Subject: Re: Anyone seen a BASIC III?

On Apr 19, 23:27, Sprow wrote:

> BASIC III as has been pointed out was supplied with the American
build of
> the beeb (along with a set of screen definitions in the MOS to drive
NTSC
> tellys) - hence my test to find if the alternative spelling of COLOR
is
> accepted.
>
> It would appear from the machines people have been trying (along with
my own
> tests) that the B+ is BASIC II, so I guess we may be looking for
anyone with
> an American beeb too?

Yes, you probably would be.  The Beeb wasn't as successful in the
States as Acorn hoped, and at one point Greyhound Marketing/MicroPower
bought back a load of unsold American Beebs, which were then sold here.
 Unfortunately, IIRC they changed the BASIC and MOS, so those
particular machines may not help, but there must be lots of others
*somewhere*.

-- 
Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
                                               Network Manager
                                               University of York