Message-Id:	<c=US%a=_%p=Visa%l=SW721_X030-980102181347Z-69@msmailgw2.visa.com>
From:	"Braden, Flash" <cbraden AT visa DOT com>
To:	"'Nissim'" <nchudnof AT mbhs DOT edu>, "'Paul W Brannan'" <pbranna AT CLEMSON DOT EDU>
Cc:	"'OpenDOS'" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	RE: Answers!
Date:	Fri, 2 Jan 1998 10:13:47 -0800
Encoding:	70 TEXT

Once more for those who missed my earlier post.

And no, I don't work for them, I am just very
happy to have their software.

These guys also offer a *slightly* scaled down
shareware version of their compiler that they
call FirstBasic.  It can be downloaded from 
their web site.  If that makes you happy, the
full version will make you delirious.

cheers,
-Flash->

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>From: 	Paul W Brannan[SMTP:pbranna AT CLEMSON DOT EDU]
>Sent: 	Thursday, January 01, 1998 5:55 PM
>To: 	Nissim
>Cc: 	OpenDOS
>Subject: 	Re: Answers!
>
>> I'm not sure if this is what you are thinking of, but BASICA is a
>> shareware basic compiler. I have no clue as to where you can get it
>> though.. I'd just do a search (unless anyone else knows?)
>
>BASICA is not a shareware compiler.  It is an interpreter that requires
>IBM BASIC to be present in ROM.  You are probably thinking of ASIC, which
>is a scaled-down version of BASIC (no floating point, no LEFT$ or RIGHT$
>-- though there is MID$ which can be used as a substitute).  It's a nice
>product and produces very small and fast executables.
>
>Paul Brannan
>pbranna AT clemson DOT edu
>
>
>

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