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1. @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2017 21:15:53 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

   • Ed S
   @eds indeed BBC Basic's my favourite too. Inline assembler, procedures w/ local variables, etc. But: ROM used 32kB→only 32kB of64 kBRAM left
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2017 23:18:11 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

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     • Tomas SA2TMS
     @tomas what a weird decision: The #Commodore64 has !Microsoft basic (which leaves much to be desired),compared to the decent #Sinclair Basic
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 16-May-2017 00:01:19 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • Tomas SA2TMS
     @tomas ok, valid point :-)
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 16-May-2017 18:30:54 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • tekk
     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     @tekk @lnxw48a1 but the C64's MS Basic didn't support any graphics & sound capabilities of the machine. The Spectrum Basic did.
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 16-May-2017 18:35:36 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

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     • tekk
     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     @tekk @lnxw48a1 On the Spectrum you could do:
     PRINT AT 10,2; INK4; BRIGHT 1;"Hello"
     and there were
     PLOT, DRAW, CIRCLE
     VERIFY, MERGE
     etc
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 16-May-2017 18:39:21 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

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     • tekk
     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     @tekk @lnxw48a1 when I got the Spectrum48k in 1983 the Spectrum was DM500, while the C64 was DM1200. And no need for proprietary Datassette
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2017 21:18:53 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

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     • RaspberryPi
     • Ed S
     @eds afaik the Archimedes's RISC OS kept the BBC Basic, and RISC OS is avail for the !RasPi, so you could have BBC Basic today for free :-)