At 22:42 13-7-00 +0200, you wrote:
>] At 07:19 13-7-00 -0700, you wrote:
>] > Does somebody know if MSX is really MicroSoft
>] >eXtended? I can't believe that... The MSX couldn't be
>] >designed by the same company that makes all this crap
>] >that has turned into a "software standard" today. (Not
>] >in my computer)
>]
>] Actually, the MicroSoft eXtended refers to the Basic, which is GW-Basic
>] with some more things.
>I don't think so, as GW-Basic is for 80x86 (16-bit intel). I find it
>more likely that MSX-Basic is an extended version of MBasic (a BASIC
>that Microsoft developed for Z80).
Well, I didn't know about the MBasic M$ wrote for Z80 and I knew about
GW-Basic, which is very similair.
>Hmmm, in that case, if the X really stood for extended, the BASIC should
>have been called MXBasic, to be in line with its history...
I've read that in many MSX books, but now you get me (a bit) confused about
the X-issue :)
GreeTz, BiFi
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