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to: Fred
from: Shaun Bebbington
date: 2018-06-04 23:25:56
subject: Re: BASIC 7.0

On Tuesday, 5 June 2018 06:51:49 UTC+1, Fred  wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Jun 2018 09:50:56 -0500, Charles Richmond
>  wrote:
>
> >On 6/4/2018 8:55 AM, Shaun Bebbington wrote:
> >> What technically would it take to convert BASIC 7 to the
Commodore C64? If, that is, such a thing is possible (which it probably
isn't).
> >>
> >
> >ISTM that BASIC 7 is written for the Z80 processor in the C128.  That
> >would mean a complete re-write for the Commodore 64.  (Unless you used a
> >Z80 processor cartridge on the C64.)
>
> No. Commodore basic 7.0 is written for the 8502 CPU. The C=128 has
> three processors. A Z80, 6510 and 8502.

You mean that the 8502 also has a 6510 mode surely? It's the 128D that has
three processors, the third CPU being that for the drive.

As for Simon's BASIC, I know of this and used to have the cartridge.

So it's not possible to port BASIC 7 to the C64 somehow?

Regards,

Shaun.

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