Re: Apple lle and BASIC

[KP <kjpmail@gmail.com>]

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.