http://macintoshgarden.org/taxonomy/term/2460/0 en http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macbasic <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-screenshot"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_screenshot" width="512" height="342" alt="Game screenshot" src="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/macintoshgarden.org/files/screenshots/macbasic.gif?1283871518" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-file"> <div class="field-label">Application file:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-octet-stream" alt="application/octet-stream icon" src="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/application-octet-stream.png" /><a href="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/macintoshgarden.org/files/apps/Mac_BASIC_.335.img" type="application/octet-stream; length=409600">Mac_BASIC_.335.img</a></div> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-x-stuffit" alt="application/x-stuffit icon" src="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/package-x-generic.png" /><a href="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/macintoshgarden.org/files/apps/mac_basic_.335.image_.sit" type="application/x-stuffit; length=226360">mac_basic_.335.image_.sit</a></div> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-x-stuffit" alt="application/x-stuffit icon" src="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/package-x-generic.png" /><a href="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/macintoshgarden.org/files/apps/MacBASIC1.0.sit" type="application/x-stuffit; length=79270">MacBASIC1.0.sit</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p>This is the widely-redistributed beta version of the ill-fated MacBASIC from 1985. Microsoft bought the rights to it and discontinued it prior to release. Despite never passing the beta stage, Dartmouth University used it in an introductory programming course, and 2 books on the program were published that sold well for several years. Interest eventually died, however, because MacBASIC is not 32-bit clean.</p> <p>More info available here:<br /> <a href="http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&amp;story=MacBasic.txt" title="http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&amp;story=MacBasic.txt">http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&amp;story=MacBasic.txt</a></p> <!-- google_ad_section_start --><div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-category-app"> <div class="field-label">Category:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Development Tools </div> </div> </div> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-author"> <div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Donn Denmann </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-publisher-2"> <div class="field-label">Publisher:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Apple </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-system"> <div class="field-label">System:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> System 1 - 5 </div> <div class="field-item even"> System 6.x </div> <div class="field-item odd"> System 7.0 - 7.6 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-emulation"> <div class="field-label">Emulation:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Mini vMac (68k) </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-architecture"> <div class="field-label">Architecture:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 68k </div> </div> </div> http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macbasic#comments Development Tools Apple Donn Denmann Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:16:20 +0000 someperson 3221 at http://macintoshgarden.org