Hank Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 Newbie question: Generally speaking, what are the differences between the Atari cartridge Basic and the ROM basic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted August 21, 2002 Share Posted August 21, 2002 None really - built in ROM basic is revison B on XL series and Revision C on XE systems. You can get all revisions on Cart, if you've an XL get a cart of revision C, 'cos Revision B which is built in has a little bug where each time you save and load a file it appends a few bytes to it (you can over come this by LISTING the file to disc/cassette and reading it back in) - this eventually causes the system to run out of ram space! But revision C is clear of this feature... If you're at all into using basic on an Atari then I'd forget Atari basic and use Basic XL or Basic XE from OSS - both backward compatible with Atari basic, but MUCH more powerful and far easier to develop with... sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted August 21, 2002 Share Posted August 21, 2002 yeah... but i still recommend my fave "turbo basic XL" and its compiler... hve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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