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'''BASICA''' is a [[BASIC]] interpreter developed by Microsoft and included with early versions of [[DOS|PC-DOS]]. It |
'''BASICA''' is a [[BASIC]] [[interpreter]] developed by [[Microsoft]] and included with early versions of [[DOS|PC-DOS]]. It requires ROM BASIC (a BASIC interpreter contained in a ROM chip; a standard feature of the earliest [[IBM]] PCs) to function correctly. After a few years, BASICA was superseded by GW-BASIC. |
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==GW-BASIC== |
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'''GW-BASIC''' is identical to BASICA, except that where BASICA requires ROM BASIC, GW-BASIC is entirely contained within the interpreter itself. It was included with several versions of DOS. GW-BASIC was eventually superseded by [[QuickBASIC#QBasic|QBasic]]. |
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==See also== |
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* [[wp:IBM BASICA|BASICA on Wikipedia]] |
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* [[wp:GW-BASIC|GW-BASIC on Wikipedia]] |
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Revision as of 20:44, 1 March 2011
BASICA is an implementation of BASIC.
Other implementations of BASIC.
BASICA is a BASIC interpreter developed by Microsoft and included with early versions of PC-DOS. It requires ROM BASIC (a BASIC interpreter contained in a ROM chip; a standard feature of the earliest IBM PCs) to function correctly. After a few years, BASICA was superseded by GW-BASIC.
GW-BASIC
GW-BASIC is identical to BASICA, except that where BASICA requires ROM BASIC, GW-BASIC is entirely contained within the interpreter itself. It was included with several versions of DOS. GW-BASIC was eventually superseded by QBasic.