Date   : Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:48:32 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: BBC format BASIC files

On 20 April 2015@..., Wookiee <bbcmicro@...> wrote:
> Looking at the ".bbc" file and the tokenised version on my RPC it
> shouldn't be that hard to write a BASIC program to convert his
> bastardised file format back into a proper BASIC.
>
> Makes you wonder why he decided to use his own format rather than just
> make his program understand the original BASIC files format ?

At a guess - more keywords, more variable types, more graphics modes,
no necessity for line numbers .....  BB4W is an onward evolution of
BBC BASIC, so differs subtly in many ways.  It is backward compatible
enough, though, to be able to run most old programs, which is possibly
why it was used for this application - the couple of programs I looked
at were 1980s Beebug ones so should run on anything.  If there are any
in there written *for* BB4W, they may not work as expected!

Rob