Date   : Mon, 26 Apr 2004 00:53:09 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Anyone seen a BASIC III?

Sprow <info@...> wrote:
> So - has anyone seen a BASIC III? I'd be grateful if someone had one for
> sale or as a ROM image possibly. The easiest way I can think of to work
 
See http://www.mdfs.net/Software/BBCBasic/BBC
I have HiBASIC III there - BASIC III relocated to &B800. I'me sure I've
got BASIC III somewhere, bit I haven't quite tracked it down yet.
 
Mike Tomlinson <mike@...> wrote:
> 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,
 
Contrary to a lot of publicly available assertions, the B+ was supplied
with BASIC II.
 
> 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.
 
Whether a BASIC is assembled for &8000 or &B800 (HiBASIC) does not affect
the version numbers. In summary:
 
BASIC I      1981  Original BBC Microcomputer, some bugs
BASIC II     1982  Bugs fixed, OSCLI, EQUs and OPENIN/OUT/UP
HiBASIC II   1982  BASIC II relocted to &B800
BASIC III    1983  COLOR added.
HiBASIC III  1983  BASIC III relocated to &B800
BASIC IV     1984  Supplied with Master and early Compacts, TIME$, etc.
HiBASIC IV   1984  BASIC IV relocated to &B800
BASIC 40     1986  Supplied with Compacts
BASIC 41     1986  Supplied with later Compacts
BASIC 4.30   1987  Supplied with later Compacts
BASIC 4.32   1988  Supplied with Master MOS 3.50
 
BASIC V      1986  ARM code, supplied with ARM systems and later
BASIC VI     1986  ARM code, 64-bit floating point
 
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