On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 5:52 PM, Johnny Billquist <b...@softjar.se> wrote:
> On 2018-01-26 01:34, Warren Young wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 4:44 PM, Johnny Billquist <b...@softjar.se >> <mailto:b...@softjar.se>> wrote: >> >> I wonder if...this might be from some other BASIC dialect that DEC >> had at some point. >> >> I believe we're using these BASIC programs as-is in our OS/8 distribution >> <http://tangentsoft.com/pidp8i/#os8>. >> > > Hmm. I would not expect much of that code to work on the BASIC that's > under OS/8 without changes as well. > I'm basing that on a report from Bill Cattey who used that PDF to repair several broken programs on the os8.rk05 disk image we were shipping prior to rolling our own OS/8 distribution based on primary source media. However, a search for "PDP" in that PDF turns up several interesting bits: p20: a reference to "PDP-11 BASIC". This program is not among the set we ship with our OS/8 distribution. I don't know if it's because it's been tried and doesn't run or if no one bothered to put it in. p27: a reference to the PDP-8 and the EduSystem 35, which was PDP-8 based; but this BASBAL.BA program isn't among those we ship, either. p102: a reference to "PDP-11 BASIC", but the first few lines are the same in our OS/8 FOOTBL.BA! I did not read more closely to find out if the similarity continues. (I thought I was done comparing on-screen BASIC programs to printed BASIC programs by the late 1980s. :) ) p144: a reference to a PDP-7; we ship LIFE.BA, but line 2 says: 2 REMARKABLY TRANSLATED TO OS8 BASIC BY KAY R. FISHER ...DEC p235: another reference to "PDP-11" BASIC; we also ship a WEKDAY.BA, and Ms Fisher is back with another REMark: 20 REM MODIFIED TO LOOK RESPECTABLE ON PDP-8'S BY KAY R. FISHER ...DEC So, apparently we are apostate, no longer living strictly by the book. :)
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