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12 June 2006, 10:30
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Amiga BASIC written by Microsoft??
"Amiga BASIC is the most powerful BASIC interpreter supplied with any personal computer on the market. Written by Microsoft, it combines in a single language almost every feature found in IBM PC Advanced BASIC plus Microsoft BASIC for the Macintosh. In fact, many IBM BASICA and Macintosh BASIC programs will run on the Amiga with minor modifications."
COMPUTE! ISSUE 70 / MARCH 1986 / PAGE 105. Tom R. Halfhill, Editor Tell me it isnt so!!! |
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12 June 2006, 10:31
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Guess we can´t
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12 June 2006, 10:39
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aaarghhh
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12 June 2006, 10:59
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Who care? AmigaBasic sucked anyway...
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12 June 2006, 11:42
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Sorry to say, Amiga basic was written by... microsoft. |
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12 June 2006, 12:03
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After starting AmigaBasic you see the copyright-info:
Commodore Amiga Basic Version 1.00 Created Oct. 23, 1985 Copyright (c) 1985 by Microsoft Corp. |
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12 June 2006, 12:07
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Microsoft wrote also the "Basic 7.0" used in Commodore 128.
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12 June 2006, 12:08
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oh no!
I checked under my 3.1 roms, and it has engraved in small letters: onwned by MicroSoft 
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12 June 2006, 12:17
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 I hadn't used a PC back then and Microsoft were not what they are today.Can't understand why you're so surprised, DDNI? My impression was that Basic was MS:s copyrighted language for beginners so it's not very strange that they developed the Amiga version is it? Besides, who cares? Basic was fun back in the day but sucks pretty badly imo. Regardless if it's Amiga Basic or Basic on the PeeCee. 
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12 June 2006, 14:56
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How could anyone doubt it was written by M$? It was slow and crappy. I'm glad AMOS came along and saved me.
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12 June 2006, 15:06
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Most CBM Basic was Microsoft wasn't it - I'm pretty sure the C64 and later 8 bit models had MS Basic.
Tramiel was sharp enough though to negotiate a fixed price though so MS didn't make a lot of money out of it despite the amount of C64's that were sold! |
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12 June 2006, 15:29
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12 June 2006, 17:11
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LOL suppose if you sit back and think about it, it isnt so surprising! I Kind of posted as a reflex after seeing it in the Compute Archives
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12 June 2006, 17:26
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I don't get what's the big deal... so I was written by MS, so what?
it was slow and crappy as basic is in every plattform, come on, it is not c or asm! |
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12 June 2006, 17:33
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Gah cmon it is still M$ on our Miggys!!! (Joke for those who might get tooo serious
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12 June 2006, 18:30
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12 June 2006, 18:40
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LOL, yeah, me and amiga-basic!
stupid typo...
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12 June 2006, 18:42
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12 June 2006, 19:00
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