>>> OS/360 TSO BASIC, pgm-nr 5734-RC2 round 1971 Interesting - then I wonder why in 1974 they bothered to build a S/3 emulator into the IBM 5100. They had already done the S/360 emulator and gotten APL working, so why not use this OS/360 version of BASIC?
(well, OS/360 is the OS -- maybe there were more hooks and baggage in getting that working; i.e. they didn't want to pull over the entire OS/360 environment) Or maybe there were more features they liked about the S/3 version? Did the TSO BASIC have floating point, MAT, PRINT USING, etc? On Wed, May 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM Henk Stegeman via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > ...does that imply there was never a variation of BASIC written for the > IBM 360/370? > > There is a VS BASIC, pgm-nr 5748-XX1, avail round 1976 > > OS/360 TSO BASIC, pgm-nr 5734-RC2 round 1971 > > A general BASIC language reference manual GC28-6837 pub date June 1970. > > What are your plans/project with this IBM BASIC ? > > Have you seen > https://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/system3/basic/5703-XM1_BASIC_V1.5/ ? > > Regards > Henk > >
