altair:altair12k

Altair Extended (12k) BASIC

Keywords

All of altair and altair8k, plus:

In a time where each kilobyte in RAM was a luxury, Microsoft's Extended BASIC for the 12kB Altairs must have been a blast. Some of its commands would take a long time to be implemented in newer microcomputers which used Microsoft BASIC-80-derived interpreters.

Where it is/was used

  • The MITS Altair 12kB version, of course

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