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BBC BASIC has been implemented on many platforms, starting with the BBC Micro in 1981 and initial development on the Acorn System. So far I know of implentations on eleven CPUs on more than 40 platforms. It has also been implemented in portable C that can be compiled on almost any platform with a C compiler. In this part of my site I aim to catalogue, document and make available copies or links to copies of all different implementations of BBC BASIC on all platforms. Richard Russell has written a brief history of BBC BASIC. BBC BASIC is not a BBC emulator, it is an implementation of the BBC BASIC programming language.

CPUs
6502	Z80	6809	65816	PDP11	80x86	32016	68000	ARM	AVR	RISC-V

Platforms
Acorn BBC/Electron/ Master/Compact	Acorn BBC Z80 CoPro	Acorn CPM Z80 CoPro	Acorn 32016 CoPro	Acorn Master 512	Acorn ARM CoPro	Acorn System	Acorn Atom
Archimedes/ RISC OS	Amstrad CPC	Amstrad Notebook	Apple II	Apple Mac	Atari ST	Brandy Basic	CPM Systems
Commodore 64	Commodore Amiga	Tatung Einstein	Microscribe 600	PC/DOS	PC/Windows	PDP-11	Raspberry Pi
Research Machines 480Z	Research Machines Nimbus	Android	SDL	Sinclair ZX Spectrum	ZX Spectrum Next	Sinclair Z88	Texus Instruments Calculators
RISC-V	AgonLight	Tiki	Torch	Unix/Linux	Victor Sirius	Wren Executive	Custom & Homebrew hardware
Resources
BBC Micro User Guide Windows BBC BASIC Manual DOS BBC BASIC Manual Documentation and resources BBC Micro Wiki Windows BBC BASIC Wiki StarDot BBC Forum BBC BASIC Forum Windows BBC BASIC Forum BBC BASIC test programs Tools and Utilities BBC BASIC Programming Library

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Authored by J.G.Harston - Last update: 29-Jul-2021