Commodore Basic as a Scripting Language for Unix and Windows

Re:Commodore Basic as a Scripting Language for Unix and Wind... by sokoloff on Saturday February 27, 2021 @08:45PM (#26289927)

I remember being frustrated at Atari Basic (edited to remove reference to Microsoft Basic) for the Atari 8 bit computers as well. There was some instruction that worked differently (or didn't work) and so some of the programs I typed in from the books didn't work and I didn't have the skills to understand how to fix them at the time.

It was http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html but I seem to recall there being a version with a red cover, though that might be just be faulty memories.

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Re:Commodore Basic as a Scripting Language for Unix and Wind... by Turing_Machine on Saturday February 27, 2021 @09:24PM (#26290105)

The Atari 8 bit had its own BASIC (Atari BASIC).

While Microsoft BASIC was available for the Atari 8 bit machines, it didn't come with them. You had to buy it separately. Not many did.

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Re:Commodore Basic as a Scripting Language for Unix and Wind... by sokoloff on Saturday February 27, 2021 @09:34PM (#26290139)

Holy cow; you're right. I always knew it as Atari BASIC, then later (apparently mistakenly) learned that it was made by Microsoft. I was referring to Atari BASIC above, not realizing my error.

Thank you!

I also had Basic-A+ from OSS. I seem to recall it had a few slight convenience items (and better disk commands), but that I wished I hadn't spent the exorbitant amount of money it cost me as a 12 year old.

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