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Re: Integer BASIC in ProDOS 8

Subject: Re: Integer BASIC in ProDOS 8
From: dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan)
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 04:52:59 +0000 (UTC)
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KP wrote:
> ProDOS 8 includes filetype designations for Integer BASIC programs and
> for Integer BASIC variable files (counterparts, presumably, to BAS and
> VAR, respectively).
> 
> Is there any way to load Integer BASIC files in ProDOS BASIC.SYSTEM?
> Or any other ProDOS interpreter/compiler?  Any way to execute them?
> 
> 

Integer BASIC files used a different method of tokenizing. The ProDOS
BASIC.SYSTEM is just a shell for AppleSoft to send commands to ProDOS.

Therefore, integer BASIC files can be run, but Integer must be loaded into
the language card RAM, and you may need to do an INT command to switch over.

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