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From: stelmack@sunrise.ec.usf.edu (Gregory Stelmack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: True BASIC
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Date: 7 Jul 90 03:41:04 GMT
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Reply-To: stelmack@sunrise.UUCP (Gregory Stelmack (CS))
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>     (Yes, I have the misfortunte to own TrueBasic. I had to buy it for
>a class. Fortunately, I got it cheap.)
>     It's also very slow and doesn't support _any_ of the Amiga's features
>which cannot be emulated on an IBM easily. This means no sound support (past
>a single, tinny, PC-emulating channel), no SPRITE or BOB support, poor
>windowing support, no system pull-down menus, etc. Really a waste of time.
>                                                    - R'ykandar.
>-- 
>| R'ykandar Korra'ti | Editor: LOW ORBIT Science and Fiction | PLink: Skywise |
>| Elfinkind, Unite!  | phoenix@ms.uky.edu  |  phoenix%ms.uky.edu@ukcc.bitnet  |
>| "Hi! We're evangelical Hari-Krishna pedophiles for LaRouche! Would you like |
>|  to see some of our fine Amway products?" - TRHMS | CIS 72406,370/LOW ORBIT |

I also have a copy of True BASIC (I got it very cheap -- I won it at a store
contest), but the copy I have includes an Amiga developer's toolkit which
allows access to not only the Amiga animation system but also all Amiga
system calls.
BTW, I program in C now -- anybody want a True BASIC compiler (or 
Developer's toolkit) cheap?

-- Greg Stelmack
-- Email: stelmack@sol.csee.usf.edu or stelmack@sunrise.ec.usf.edu
-- USmail: USF Box 1510, Tampa, FL 33620-1510
-- Amiga: the only way to compute!