From 819d1957595c01c00e292f31185ccb65859b3a01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "B. Watson" Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:07:46 -0400 Subject: listbas: document OSS Integer BASIC in man page. --- listbas.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'listbas.rst') diff --git a/listbas.rst b/listbas.rst index 1aba12a..f58a696 100644 --- a/listbas.rst +++ b/listbas.rst @@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ BASIC options **-ba+** OSS BASIC/A+. + **-bi** + OSS Integer BASIC. + **-bt** Turbo BASIC XL. @@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ Other display options BASIC DIALECTS ============== + Note that Turbo, BASIC XL, and BASIC XE are all proper supersets of Atari BASIC, so you can view an Atari BASIC program with any of **-bt**, **-bxl**, or **-bxe**. Also, BASIC XE is a superset of BASIC XL @@ -158,6 +162,10 @@ and tried to **LOAD** an Atari BASIC program. I can't help but think this is a major reason BASIC/A+ didn't sell that well (fortunately, OSS realized their mistake and fixed it in BASIC XL). +OSS Integer BASIC also uses incompatible tokens. However, it uses a +different signature (first byte of file is **$77**), so it will be +reliably autodetected. + If you see lots of "bad token XX" messages, or if the code just doesn't make any sense, you're using the wrong BASIC option. **whichbas**\(1) can usually detect the BASIC a program was -- cgit v1.2.3