[Coco] Was this advertisement "true"...?

[Arthur Flexser]

Not to mention the fact that Extended Basic is required by Disk Basic!

Art

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:07 AM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
> Extended Color Basic had a large number of extra commands such as CIRCLE,
> CLOADM, ATN, COLOR, COS, CSAVEM, DEF FN, DEFUSR, DEL, DLOAD, DRAW, EDIT,
> EXP, FIX, GET, HEX$, INSTR, LET, LINE, LINE INPUT, LOG, MID$, PAINT, PCLEAR,
> PCLS, PCOPY, PEEK, PLAY, PMODE, POS, PPOINT, PRESET, PRINT USING, PSET, PUT,
> RENUM, SCREEN, STRING$, STR$, SQR, TAN, TIMER, TROFF, TRON, USR, VARPTR
>
> HTH,
> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean" <badfrog at gmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Was this advertisement "true"...?
>
>
>> So what are the differences between Color Basic and Extended Color
>> Basic?   I never actually needed to know, since my first CoCo 2 had
>> Extended.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Lothan <lothan at newsguy.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> That's pure marketing smoke. The 26-3026 and 26-3027 models were
>>> identical
>>> with the difference that the 26-3026 model included the Color BASIC ROM
>>> and
>>> had a second socket so it could be upgraded to Extended Color BASIC while
>>> the 26-3027 model included the Color BASIC and Extended Color BASIC ROMs.
>>>
>>> The same was true of the 26-3134/A/B Color Computer 2 and the 26-3136/A/B
>>> Color Computer 2. Both were identical but the 26-3134 had an empty
>>> socket*
>>> for Extended Color BASIC ROM. *My memory is fuzzy here and the ROMs may
>>> not
>>> have been socketed in the Korean models.
>>>
>>> If I remember correctly, Radio Shack did sell the Extended Color BASIC
>>> upgrade as a separate package for models that did not included it.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Andrew
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 9:43 PM
>>> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Was this advertisement "true"...?
>>>
>>> This was posted today on a site I frequent:
>>>
>>> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2011/09/27/commodore-vic-20/
>>>
>>> Now, Captain Kirk aside, what struck me most about this ad (which I
>>> commented on if you care to look), was the statement in the table that
>>> "Microsoft Basic" cost an extra $99.00, and that it was "standard" on
>>> the VIC-20...
>>>
>>> What is the truth here? Didn't the Color Computer always come with
>>> Microsoft Color Basic in ROM, as part of the machine? Also, what version
>>> (if anyone knows?) of Microsoft Basic did the VIC-20 come with? The
>>> VIC-20, AFAIK, didn't have any of the "low-res" graphics commands in its
>>> basic command set (SET, RESET, POINT, COLOR, etc); any graphics had to
>>> be done via POKES/PEEKS (ML). I've always considered these hallmark
>>> commands of Microsoft Basic; similar commands appear in their later
>>> versions of BASIC interpreters and compilers (up to and including VB -
>>> heck, I think there's still traces in VB.NET).
>>>
>>> If the VIC-20 did come with a version of Microsoft Basic - then it would
>>> have to have been an earlier version without these commands, such as was
>>> seen on older 8-bit machines of the era (from what I've read)?
>>>
>>> For that matter - what version of BASIC did the Commodore Pet have, if
>>> anyone knows? I know this is slightly off-topic; my apologies...
>>>
>>> :)
>>>
>>> Andrew L. Ayers, Glendale, Arizona
>>>
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