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From: porter@inuxd.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Questions about SIMON'S BASIC
Message-ID: <365@inuxd.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Oct-83 22:57:59 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 13 22:57:59 1983
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To: inuxc!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!tekecs!shark!sdb
Subject: Re: Question about SIMON'S BASIC
References: <24@shark.UUCP>

Yes, the Commodore 64 does have Microsoft BASIC.  It's
the same BASIC that has been in PETs since 1977.  By saying
you have Microsoft BASIC is only implying that your
computer can do IF-THEN, PRINT, GOTO, GOSUB, REM, DATA,
INPUT, and all the usual basics.  What SIMON's BASIC had
that I thought was nice was structured stuff like REPEAT-UNTIL,
PROCs with local or global variables, plus all the graphics
stuff like windowing and rectangles and painting, plus 
programming aids like disk merge, renumber and find,
not to mention aids for sprites and sound.

Correct me if I am wrong, but don't you have to get Extended
Basic to get this on your Coco?

				Jeff Porter (inuxd!porter)
				AT&T Consumer Products
				Indianapolis