Re: Applesoft and GS BASIC (was Re: Where to find an AppleBasic Tutorial?)

[gareth@vcn.bc.ca (Gareth Jones)]

Rubywand (rubywand@swbell.net) wrote:
: 
:      GS BASIC was developed to allow users to take control of the GS's 
: capabilities with minimum hassle. On a standard, non-accelerated machine, 
: it is rather slow. This, along with slow development of GS/OS and high 
: prices for Apple hard disks, probably explains why GS BASIC was never 
: released. Some copies of the last beta version were posted to Apple 
: BBS's; but, GS BASIC was not promoted by Apple or Apple II magazines, and 
: was, largely, forgotten.
: 
:      Fortunately, a few months ago, Dr. Tom came across GS BASIC, said 
: "Hey, this is a pretty neat language," and began asking questions and 
: posting messages. In fact, on today's faster, bigger GS running a recent 
: version of GS/OS, GS BASIC looks _much_ better than it did back in 1988. 
: With some polishing to fit System 6, it would, for the first time, enable 
: many users to create new super-res, super sound GS games and other 
: programs.

I did some poking around and e-mailing. GS BASIC hasn't been released for
(legal) public distribution. However, contact Mike Westerfield of the Byte
Works, who is working on GSoft. That should be even better.

-Gareth

: 
:      If you'd like to try GS BASIC, it should be available on one or more 
: of the popular Apple2 ftp sites (like Ground, Apple2 Caltech, ...). 
:  
: 
: Rubywand