beware: "Microsoft BASIC" paper tape on eBay
Gordon JC Pearce
gordon at gjcp.net
Thu Mar 22 03:53:46 CDT 2007
On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 19:46 -0700, Al Kossow wrote:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230107368051
>
> You can read the first dozen bytes in the picture, which
> are 7 bit ASCII, starting with 1010000 1010010 1001111
>
> "PROCESSOR TECHNOLOGY BASIC"
>
> most likely 4K Proc Tech BASIC, given the tape length..
>
> Jim B. could probably confirm that.
Rather than sit here and shout "Beware! Beware! Woe to you that buy from
the rip-off eBay BASIC paper tape man", did you try emailing the seller
and say that?
Gordon
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