Color BASIC

Mostly known by the Tandy/Radio Shack "CoCo" line of computers, this was a family of BASICs also developed by Microsoft but with some differences to the TRS-80 Level I and Level II BASICs. It equipped a number of contemporary machines with the Motorola 6809 and derived processors with a number of variations.

This page and mentions to trscolor throughout this site refer to the "non-extended" Color BASIC; links to its official successors are found below.

Where it is/was used

• Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer 1 (July 1980)

Noteworthy characteristics

Environment and usage

Curiosities

Related to...

Influenced by

Influence for

Versions and successors

• Micro Color BASIC, quite similar to the original Color BASIC
• Extended Color BASIC
• Enhanced Color BASIC

Extensions

• Disk Color BASIC

References

• ALBRECHT, Bob. TRS-80 Color BASIC. John Wiley & Sons. USA, 1982.
• TRS-80 Color Computer Archive (https://colorcomputerarchive.com/), last check 13/03/2023
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Color_Computer , last check 13/03/2023
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_BASIC
• VALOIS, Roberto. TRS Color - Guia de Referência. Editora Campus. Brasil, 1986.