Re: Apple II/II+ Question

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <1fewnej.1r2bdcq11tkeuoN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Slot 0 is almost always used for a 16k card often referred to as a
>> Language card. The 16k card brought the II or II+ up to 64k. It was called
>> a language card because that's where Integer Basic was loaded into in a
>> II+ or AppleSoft was loaded into in a II.
> 
> Not exactly.  It was called a "language card" because it was originally
> supplied with the "Apple II Language System", namely Apple II Pascal
> (which also supported a Fortran compiler, and potentially other
> programming languages).
 
Actually Apple II Pascal supported only Pascal; if you wished to run
Fortran you had to purchase Apple II Fortran.  Both were single-language
systems using the same file system -- if you wished to switch language,
you had to reboot with a new system disk.
 
Personally I preferred Microsoft Fortran-80 on CP/M over Apple
Fortran; the former had DOUBLE PRECISION implemented and the latter
lacked that.
 
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