Re: Integer BASIC?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

On Mar 24, 7:41 am, Sheppy <the.she...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 24, 10:21 am, Jake Featherston <Jake_Feathers...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Speaking of Integer BASIC, my old Franklin Ace 1000 came with a disk
> > that had an Integer BASIC program on it, called "Animals."  It was a
> > sort of primitive artificial intelligence program, in that it would
> > ask you questions (based on a new question you would provide it with
> > at the end of each session) and by so doing, attempt to guess
> > whichever animal it was you were thinking of.  Does anyone remember
> > this?  Hell, does anyone have a copy, or know where to get one?
>
> Animals came standard on the DOS 3.3 System Master disk, which would
> be the same disk you need for Integer BASIC.

However, to use Integer BASIC on a machine with Applesoft installed,
you
will need a 64K machine, so that booting the DOS Master disk will
install
Integer BASIC in the "Language Card" area or RAM.

After booting the Master disk, you can just RUN the Integer BASIC
program and it will switch to Integer BASIC automatically.

To just verify that it is installed, either rely on the LOADING
INTEGER
BASIC INTO LANGUAGE CARD message during booting or type
"INT" at the "]" prompt and see it change to a ">" prompt.

The other, rarer, alternative would be to use an Integer BASIC ROM
card
with the switch in back flipped to the Integer BASIC position.

-michael