Also, the "Atom" name, was once used for a British made computer
called
the Acorn Atom - back in 1980's ..... the era of the first QL machines
too.
The Atom was a fine machine, with a fast (if unusual) basic.
*#*Snip#*#
I though it ran BBC Basic, which was inferior but similar to SuperBASIC?
BBC Basic was ... is ... capable of being very structured. With a lot of
hooks in to the hardware side of the processor being used.
I prefer SuperBASIC, though, for its elegance, if used that way of course.
I remember sending endless long sequences of VDU code bytes to the video
hardware, a kind of poke except that you were sending register values.
VDU 23,8202;8,4,2,1..... (random numbers only!)
Does that bring back memories Malcolm?
And is the Archimedes basic anything like BBC Basic?
Then I remember the Z88 also used BBC Basic, though the big hardware
differences meant most basic programs with any degree of hardware access
stood little chances of success.
I also have vague memories of writing programs in COMAL for a while, which
was also like an even more structured BASIC.
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Dilwyn Jones
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