the practical use of the "basic" cartridge

[tyranthraxus]

After reading a few posts in the last few weeks about Basic. I am a bit

confused about the practical use of the Basic cart. I am not a programmer

so its something I have never touched. Is the cart only needed for

the 400/800 computers? I got the impression that it was in the rom of

the XL and later models.

 

John

[DanBoris]

Yes, the cart is only needed for the 400 and 800, the later models all had it built in. Other then writing your own program's the other reason you need it is to run commercial programs that are written in Basic. There were quite a few commercial programs written in Basic.

 

Dan