Atari Basic Revisions

[oo7]

The Atari 8-bit part of me was on hold for a long time and some stuff might be a bit off in my memory.

 

 

Atari Basic.

 

THere is Rev A B and C I believe.

 

 

Im having trouble finding documents on which version comes from where.

 

Rev A I believe is the Cart for A400/A800

Rev B I believe was XL

and C I believe was silver label carts and later XE.

 

 

 

Am I correct? Anyone know anywhere this may be documented?

[evilmoo]

https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=How to find the revision number of Atari Basic

 

The Wikipedia page on Atari BASIC also lists details.

 

[Rybags]

Rev C is all XE and some late XLs.

[BillC]

8 hours ago, oo7 said:

The Atari 8-bit part of me was on hold for a long time and some stuff might be a bit off in my memory.

 

 

Atari Basic.

 

THere is Rev A B and C I believe.

 

 

Im having trouble finding documents on which version comes from where.

 

Rev A I believe is the Cart for A400/A800

Rev B I believe was XL

and C I believe was silver label carts and later XE.

 

 

 

Am I correct? Anyone know anywhere this may be documented?

Rev A was also a cartridge for the 1200XL, Rev B didn't start until the 600XL/800XL.

[oo7]

ok guys thanks for all the nice answers.

 

so I'll consider rev a to be Atari 400 800 1200 xl cart, rev b to be 600xl and 800xl. rev c to be Atari xe and xegs and possibly some late model xls.

 

so if i decided to start playing with atari basic in altirra im probably best off using C

[adam242]

Definitely don't want revision B. Has a fatal lock-up bug (as well as others). The bane of my early teen years with my 600XL.

[Rybags]

For emulation there's no practical value in A or B other than recreating the annoying bugs or testing your own programs for them.

[oo7]

Thanks guys.  My true reasons for asking are two.

 

 

First off I wanna document so I dont forget again, I usually document stuff like this but have let "my atari files" get outta control

 

And second I plan to be dabbling in Atari basic after a very very very long break (only done that on real hardware) and assumed I wanted to use rev c but now Im sure.

 

 

When I was a kid and my parents got me my first computer Atari 600xl my dad and I use to use basic alot and did alot of cool things. I now have a son he is still very young but as he grows I want to get him started with a simple fun patch and I have decided Atari Basic is going to be it. In my sons case we will be using a windows 10 laptop running altirra but should still be good.

 

thanks again

 

On a side note we will start simple referencing Inside Atari BASIC (1983)(Reston Publishing Company)

 

Im doing this prematurely as he is still a toddler but Im sure we will be doing this. Unless he hates it lol. 

[+Nezgar]

Even Rev. A had bugs that could lockup the computer. Check out this previous topic that covers all known bugs in awesome detail: