Re: BASIC

Payton Byrd wrote:

What BASIC languages are available for the Atari 8-bit systems? I've
been doing some benchmarking and am stunned with how poorly the BASIC
in the XL ROM performs given the relatively high 1.79 mhz CPU clock.


Hi Payton!


An ATARI friend of former days and today, sweared to 'Turbo Basic' by
Frank Ostrowski, released somewhere in the eighties in 'Happy Computer'
Magazine. In case of speed!!!.... and command-set (IMHO)!

There were also very nice software available for 'TB', in that times. I
remember good the Happy Computer logo popping up shortly, while the the
1050 Turbo-loader (with the PAR Connector) made its work :-) (in some
seconds finished ;-))



Best regards,

Daniel Mandic
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