Date   : Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:53:08 +0100
From   : jgh@... (J.G.Harston)
Subject: BBC format BASIC files

Rob wrote:
>> 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,

Russell format started with Z80 BASIC not with Windows BASIC, and the 
BASIC has absolutely nothing to do with the capabilities of the host 
hardware you happen to be running your program on, that's a 
characteristic of the hardware you happen to be running on.

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