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From: cbbrowne@lion.waterloo.edu (Christopher Browne)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: wanted - basic compiler
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Date: 15 Mar 89 15:48:09 GMT
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In article <2652@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> walshm@sun.soe!clutx.clarkson.edu.UUCP writes:
>From article <1168@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>, by young@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Todd Young):
>> Does anyone have a -good- basic compiler they might be interested in selling?
>> A nominal amount of speed, and compatability with either Atari, or basic XL
>> would certainly be a plus. 
>> 
>>
>There have been two compilers for Atari BASIC which I know of.  One was the
>ABC compiler, and the other name escapes my memory at this time.  

I vaguely remember the other one... I think it was sold by Datasoft?
There's also a public domain basic compiler that based on Turbo Basic
(the PD souped up BASIC by Frank Ostrowski).  I have a copy of this at
home.  Unfortunately, home is 300 miles away, I won't be returning there
'til April, and I won't have net access from then through the summer.  And
I never got around to testing it out.  There were apparently some
problems in running it...  I'm not sure how reliable it is, but check with
one of the PD software sources;  they may have it, and if you can get it
for $5, you can't go too wrong...
                                 Christopher Browne
                                 University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
                                 Treasurer
                                 cbbrowne@lion