Texas Microsystems, Inc. 2003 - BASIC Interpreter

£ormatting~ reading and writing data. However,
this high capacity drive can read 360K byte £loppy
diskettes.
2. The 320/360K byte £loppy disk drive requires
double sided~ double density diskettes £or
£ormatting~ reading~ and writing data. The high
capacity diskettes cannot be read or written in
the 360K byte disk drive.
3. The 720K byte £loppy disk drive requires double
sided 3.5-inch cartridge diskettes £or £ormatting.
reading, and writing data.
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It is unlikely that damage or loss o£
data will result when the'computer is
powered-up with diskettes installed.
However, it is considered good practice
to remove the diskettes be£ore the
computer is powered-up or down.
3.4 BASIC Interpreter
An interpreter is computer so£tware that translates and
executes each program instruction one at a time. In
contrast~ a compiler translates all source program
instructions creating an obJect program that is
executed. The GWBASIC interpreter translates and
executes programs written in BASIC.
It is important to note that the BASIC or BASICA
interpreters available £rom International Business
Machines~ require £irmware £ound only on the IBM
personal computers. The BASIC interpreters available
£rom IBM will not operate on the 2000 Series AT and XT
models. However~ the GWBASIC interpreter available
£rom Texas Microsystems is totally compatible with the
2000 Series Industrial Computers.
Accidental use o£ BASIC or BASICA will result in the
message:
Incorrect BASIC version.
to be displayed and the operating system reloaded.
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