Re: Integer BASIC in ProDOS 8

[lyricalnanoha@dosius.ath.cx (Steve Nickolas)]

Sheppy wrote:
> On May 19, 12:22�am, KP <kjpm...@gmail.com> 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?
>>
>> Was ProDOS Integer BASIC compatibility a form of "vaporware"?
> 
> Apple did originally intend to produce IntBASIC for ProDOS but by the
> time ProDOS 1.0 was done, it was clear that use of Integer BASIC was
> falling into the realm of not really relevant anymore, so they dropped
> it. Doing so let them use more space for ProDOS in the long term
> anyway.

I have thought of the idea of doing support for intbasic in ProDOS-8 though
it would probably need to go hand in hand with my other idea, of making a
more DOS 3.3-like replacement for BASIC.SYSTEM for fpbasic.

Come to think of it the same .SYSTEM file could prolly handle both.  There's
also a relocated intbasic that runs on DOS 3.3 that might be of use here.

-uso.