Date   : Fri, 23 Apr 2004 21:48:51 +0100
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: Anyone seen a BASIC III?

In article <4ca2498e80info@...>, Sprow <info@...> writes

>It would appear from the machines people have been trying (along with my own
>tests) that the B+ is BASIC II,

There's an easy way to tell.  Run the Watford Diagnostics on the B+
Basic ROM - if the CRC produced is &EC08, this is the exact same BASIC
II ROM as in the B.

> so I guess we may be looking for anyone with
>an American beeb too?

To be honest, I always thought that BASIC III was HiBASIC (i.e. 6502
second processor BASIC) and that Acorn simply jumped version to BASIC IV
when they introduced the Master.

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