Re: Apple lle and BASIC

["winston19842005@yahoo.com" <winston19842005@yahoo.com>]

On Mar 27, 4:22 am, KP <kjpm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Incidentally, SmartBASIC for the Coleco ADAM was a nearly-exact clone
> of AppleSoft BASIC (including all of the graphics commands, but not
> including the PEEK/POKE/CALL commands, as the ADAM used a Z80
> processor).  Even the OS commands in the SmartBASIC interpreter were
> identical, and SmartBASIC also used the bracket "]" prompt.
>
> Like Atari BASIC, SmartBASIC did line-entry syntax checking.
>
> Coleco intentionally designed SmartBASIC to mimic AppleSoft.  The
> intent was to make it extremely easy for Apple II users to copy their
> BASIC programs verbatim.

I must admit, I'd hoped the links earlier would shed more light on TI
BASIC.
I only know it was written by Microsoft, using the proposed ANSI-
minimal standard.
It did some limited line-entry syntax checking, and had a pre-scan
that ran between RUN and program start. It pre-allocated space for
variables, checked FOR/NEXT nesting, etc.
In many ways it was similar to other Microsoft BASICs, inasmuch as the
standard was...