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Micro Color BASIC

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Keywords

  • ABS
  • ASC
  • CHR$
  • CLEAR
  • CLOAD
  • CLS
  • CONT
  • COS
  • CSAVE
  • DATA
  • DIM
  • END
  • EXP
  • FOR
  • GOSUB
  • GOTO
  • IF
  • INKEY$
  • INPUT
  • INT
  • LEFT$
  • LEN
  • LET
  • LIST
  • LLIST
  • LOG
  • LPRINT
  • MEM
  • MID$
  • NEW
  • ON-GOSUB
  • ON-GOTO
  • PEEK
  • POINT
  • POKE
  • PRINT
  • READ
  • REM
  • RESET
  • RESTORE
  • RETURN
  • RIGHT$
  • RND
  • RUN
  • SET
  • SGN
  • SIN
  • SKIPF
  • SOUND
  • SQR
  • STOP
  • STR$
  • TAN
  • VAL
  • VARPTR

This was a version of the original Color BASIC, with apparently very few differences, which equipped smaller and cheaper microcomputers based on the Motorola 6803 processor. In spite of the similarity, programs saved in one machine (if not as text) would not run at the other, due to differences in tokenization of keywords1). It is still alive as an open-source cross-compiler as of 2023.

Where it is/was used

  • Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 MC-10 (USA, 1983)
  • Matra Alice (France, 1983)

Noteworthy characteristics

Environment and usage

Extensions

Curiosities

Related to...

Influenced by

Influence for

  • mcbasic, an open-source cross compiler by Greg Dionne, apparently tested on Windows 10 and MacOS, that compiles Micro Color BASIC 1.0 code for the MC-10 computer. As of 2023-03-13, the README file admitted that some keywords like LPRINT and USR were not supported.

Versions and successors

References

  • https://www.obsolete-tears.com/matra-hachette-alice-machine-17.html
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matra_Alice
  • TRS-80 MC-10 Micro Color Computer - Operation and Language Reference Manual. Radio Shack. USA, 1983.
1)
https://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v9n10/39_The_TRS80_MC10_too_lit.php, last check 2023-03-13
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  • Micro Color BASIC
    • Where it is/was used
    • Noteworthy characteristics
    • Environment and usage
    • Extensions
    • Curiosities
    • Related to...
      • Influenced by
      • Influence for
    • Versions and successors
    • References

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