Whatever the characters MSX mean, one thing is sure: Microsoft did
contribute the Basic interpreter.
Microsoft was the main supplier of Basic interpreters in ROM for all small
computers in the era 1980-1990, starting with the Altair and succeeding
8080/z80 computers such as the once highly popular Tandy TRS-80, the builtin
basic in the first IBM PC and ending with VBScript and Visual Basic. Bill
still believes in Basic.
But other cpu's were supported too: all 6502 based machines had a Microsoft
interpreter (Commodore, such as the 64).
I remember loading from tape a Basic interpreter for my KIM-1 ( a single
board 6502 machine).
Disk-Basic was the extension made by Microsoft for floppy disk (and much
later hard disk based) machines to fill the need for a disk based operating
system. And yes, it often was called Microsoft extended basic. delivered
standard together with the interpreter in ROM and the only operating system
like software available for those machines.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pedro Giebels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 14 April 2001 21:39
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Laser 500 vs Dragon vs msx
On my search on Internet I have found 2 computers using Microsoft Extended
Basic
The first one is a Laser 500 Also sold under Sanyo name in some countries.
The Second one is a Dragon 32
Could it be the same the basic we use on our MSX
links:
Laser 500
http://www.calweb.com/~markr/pages/Museum/Computers/Laser%20500.htm
Dragon 32 http://www.onastick.clara.net/dragonhw.htm
And watt about the Radio Shack TRS-80 with the Model 1: Level I basic,
which is a 4K integer BASIC variant, and Level II basic, which is a variant
of Microsoft Extended BASIC.
Model http://www.corestack.com/machines/trs80m1.html
Info on Microsoft Extended http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?MSX
Does anyone have Somme information on this machines
Greetz Pedro
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