On 2017 Aug 14 21:24:34, you wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RN>> Because it's not IBM BASIC.

 JD> No, its better .  I dont think that IBM wrote Basic, nor DOS.  That
 JD> was all M$.  I know there were diffrent versions of Basic.  I used on
 JD> on the CoCo.

[quote]
BASIC stands for "Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction
Code." Originally designed as an interactive mainframe timesharing
language by John Kemeney and Thomas Kurtz in 1963, it became widely used on
personal computers everywhere.  On IBM's first "family" computer,
the PCJr, a BASIC cartridge was a popular add-on. Because of its
simplicity, BASIC has frequently been used in teaching the introductory
concepts of programming with a working language.
[/quote]

one of my clients in virginia had a timeshare machine... not a huge
mainframe but more of what they called a mini... WxLxH maybe 3'x4'x4' in
size... BASIC was it's OS... t'was quite fun to play with...

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