MBASIC
Sign in to saveMBASIC is the Microsoft BASIC implementation of BASIC for the CP/M operating system. MBASIC is a descendant of the original Altair BASIC interpreters that were among Microsoft's first products. MBASIC was one of the two versions of BASIC bundled with the Osborne 1 computer. The name "MBASIC" is derived from the disk file name MBASIC.COM of the BASIC interpreter. MBASIC, like its predecessor family of 8-bit interpreters Microsoft BASIC, were heavily inspired by Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-10's BASIC-PLUS.
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12 sectionsContents
- Environment
- Features
- Language system
- Files and input/output
- Variables and data types
- Program flow control
- PEEKs, POKEs, and user functions
- Successors to MBASIC
- BASCOM
- Importance of MBASIC
- Other uses
- References
MBASIC is the Microsoft BASIC implementation of BASIC for the CP/M operating system. MBASIC is a descendant of the original Altair BASIC interpreters that were among Microsoft's first products. MBASIC was one of the two versions of BASIC bundled with the Osborne 1 computer. The name "MBASIC" is derived from the disk file name MBASIC.COM of the BASIC interpreter. MBASIC, like its predecessor family of 8-bit interpreters Microsoft BASIC, were heavily inspired by Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-10's BASIC-PLUS.
== Environment == thumb|MBasic 5.21 running on a Z80 CP/M system displayed on a monochrome monitor typical for that time MBASIC version 5 required a CP/M system with at least 28 KB of random-access memory (RAM) and at least one diskette drive.