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Turbo-basic Xl




Turbo-Basic XL is an advanced version of BASIC for the Atari 8-bit Family of home computers. It is a compatible superset of the more common ATARI BASIC . A Turbo-Basic XL Compiler was also made available that created binary executables (for further speeding up program performance).

Among the extra features of Turbo-Basic XL, added to ATARI BASIC, are the following:

Turbo-Basic XL was developed by Frank Ostrowski and published in the December 1985 issue of German Computer Magazine '' Happy Computer ''.



EXTERNAL LINKS

  • http://www.tmeyer.de/atari/index.html – Scans of the ''Turbo-Basic XL'' listing and ''Turbo-Basic XL compiler'' listing from Happy Computer Magazine. Also lists the new commands added to the language.

  • TurboTari – An extended ''BASIC'' emulator (based on ''Turbo-Basic XL'') and 6502 emulator/Atari architecture emulator all in one. Currently unfinished.