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From: farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: BASICA
Message-ID: <378@well.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 14:10:16 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 20 14:10:16 1985
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Summary: BASICA - for PC's only

In article <872@brl-tgr.ARPA>, JFORREST@simtel20.arpa (Jim Forrest) writes:
> I have had no luck running BASICA on any of several IBM compatibles I
> have tried it o~rn, using PC-DOS 3.10. It just will not run.
> Most of the compatibles I have tried have the phoenix rom. Does BASICA
> check the ROM and bomb out due to it not being IBM, or is there a way
> to get it to run?
> Appreciate any advise. 
> -------

  BASICA expects the presence of the cassette BASIC ROMs found in the IBM
PC's.  It uses several of the routines in the ROM, which is how it can be
such a short binary.  I know of no compatibles which have the BASIC ROM
in place, so BASICA will not work on them.  Try GW-BASIC instead (Microsoft's
own version of BASICA).

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