allbery@ncoast.UUCP (08/03/86)
Quoted from <610@scirtp.UUCP> ["Re: BASIC for 3Bs?"], by john@scirtp.UUCP (john)... +--------------- | Bill Mitchell ({ihnp4,noao,mcnc,utah-cs}!arizona!whm) asks: | > > Does anybody know of a BASIC compiler for 3B systems? | | Steven Harrison (ihnp4!jack!wolf!steve) replies: | > Basmark Corp. | > 1717 East Ninth Street | > Cleveland Ohio 44144 | > | > They have told me they have a port running on the 3B line of machines | | We at SCI have reason to believe that a BASIC compiler for the | AT&T 3B2 and 3B5 machines exists (since we wrote one for a third-party | subcontractor to AT&T). It will accept BASIC code written for the IBM | 1.0 BASIC compiler, without graphics, sound, and IBM-PC-specific commands. | Last we heard, it had passed acceptance tests; but we don't know if AT&T | is offering it as a product. DISCLAIMER: SCI does not have the right to | distribute this compiler, so we can't send you a copy. Sorry. +--------------- Basmark BASIC supports IBM BASIC, except for teh ususal sound, graphics, etc. commands and other fancy I/O stuff (ON KEY(n) etc.) I've used it -- admittedly, not on a 3B -- and it works well, although its executables tend to be rather large. It works much better than other BASIC compilers and BASIC-to-C translators I've seen, and it does a very good job of remaining compatible with IBM BASIC. No relation, just a (fairly -- I prefer C) happy user, ++Brandon -- ---------------- /--/ Brandon S. Allbery UUCP: decvax!cwruecmp! / / /|\/ Tridelta Industries, Inc. ncoast!tdi2!brandon ---- -------- /-++ 7350 Corporate Blvd. PHONE: +1 216 974 9210 / / /---, ---- Mentor, Ohio 44060 SYSOP: UNaXcess/ncoast / / / / / / -- HOME -- (216) 781-6201 24 hrs. / / / / / / 6615 Center St. Apt. A1-105 ARPA: ncoast!allbery% ---- -----~ ---- Mentor, Ohio 44060-4101 case.CSNET@csnet-relay