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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