=-=-=-=¢ Turbo Basic 3.2q¢ (C) 1992 CTH Enterprises¢ by Tom Hunt¢ All rights reserved¢ Reprinted by OL' HACKERS ATARI USERS¢ GROUP, Inc., with Thanks!¢ *PROGRAM IS ONLY FOR SPARTA DOS !!!!*¢ LOOK FOR THIS PROG IN FUTURE NEWS/LET¢ This Text may be freely¢ distributed as long as no moneys are¢ exchanged, except for the nominal¢ cost of media. (Editor: This program¢ NOT on this DISK, but TURBOBA1.BAS¢ for the 400/800 is on S-2 of disk.)¢¢ This program TB32q is based upon¢ Turbo Basic for the old ATARI 400's¢ and 800's, by Frank Ostrowski. That¢ particular version had it's own mini-¢ dos embedded in it, which was¢ compatible only with Atari DOS¢ 2.0/2.5 .¢¢ This version, 3.2q, was¢ specifically made to run only under¢ Sparta Dos 3.2. It works fine under¢ both a floppy based system, and a¢ hard drive based system. It is an¢ interpreter, not a compiler or a¢ runtime for compiled programs. It is¢ by far the fastest Basic¢ interpreter.¢¢ You load it by simply typing¢ "TB32Q" at Sparta's D1: prompt. Once¢ loaded, you may return to dos and¢ back without destroying your Basic¢ program, as long as you do not use¢ any destructive commands while in¢ dos. A destructive command would be¢ the COPY command, for instance. To¢ return to Turbo Basic 3.2q after¢ going to DOS, you simply type RUN at¢ Sparta's D1: prompt. As long as you¢ haven't loaded or executed any other¢ machine language program, you will¢ return to Turbo Basic 3.2q, with your¢ Basic program intact.¢¢ TECHNICAL STUFF FOR PROGRAMMERS¢¢ This version of Turbo Basic¢ occupies from $1C20 to $63E5. Once¢ loaded, Turbo Basic 3.2q should give¢ you 22313 bytes of FRE(0) memory.¢ There are two functions that are not¢ supported in this version of Turbo¢ Basic, which are in the other¢ versions. The BLOAD and BRUN¢ functions will return an ERROR 255 if¢ executed. These functions are easily¢ implemented through XIO statements,¢ so it's no big loss.¢¢ Also included in this ARC is a¢ special P:R: Connection R: handler,¢ and a Basic loader to load it in.¢ They are named PRTB.COM and¢ LOAD_PR.BAS, respectivly.¢ (Editors note: These programs may not¢ be on this disk)¢ Change line 280 in the basic program¢ so that the loader can find PRTB.COM.¢ This should allow some enterprising¢ Turbo Basic programmer, who owns¢ a P:R:Connection, to create a modem¢ program using Turbo Basic 3.2q.¢ -------------------------------------¢ Send Shareware donations to:¢¢ TOM HUNT¢ 1704 TWP. Rd. 65¢ Jeromesville, OH 44840¢¢ I may be contacted at the¢ following BBS:¢¢ Tom Hunt (Sysop)¢ Closer To Home BBS¢ 419-368-4413¢ 24 Hours/7 Days¢ 300/1200/2400¢¢ * end *¢¢
