The BASIC Cookbook points out that BASICs which don't implement the function can achieve the same results, for a given X argument, with the following formula:
EXP(-X)/(EXP(X) + EXP(-X))*2 + 1
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TRACTON, Ken. The BASIC Cookbook, 1st edition. Tab Books. USA, 1978.