MCS-51 Tiny BASIC ( was Re: INS8073 )

[Allison]

diffs on the various basics:

Scanning wrote:
> The 8051 Tiny BASIC could squeeze into 3K of memory;
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> http://www.chac.org/bas-51.html
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> Whereas the 8052 BASIC fit into 8K of memory;
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> http://www.geocities.com/dsa_projects/electronics/8031-ah/8952-bas.html
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>   

this is full 8k BASIC with strings, floats, arrays and all.

> so I don't see that they are related. I've also never heard the 8052 version
> referred to as a Tiny BASIC ( or Palo Alto BASIC ).
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>   

TB abd TBX references are for 8080/8085/z80 compatable integer BASICs.  
The 8051
version can be a "tiny" basic meaning integers, simple array, maybe 
simple strings.

Nibl is an example of a non 8080 flavor integer basic. 

 From looking around there are several BASICs around for the 8051/8031 
family
and the 8052AH is a specific programmed chip with a nicer 8k basic.


Allison
> Best regards, Steven
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>>    But definitely not any relation to the interpreter found in the
>> 8052AH-BASIC chip, though, right?  Do you have any URLs handy?
>>
>>            -Dave
>>
>> On Aug 11, 2008, at 6:09 PM, Scanning wrote:
>>     
>>> I've found numerous references to a MCS-51 Tiny BASIC for the 8051.
>>> Apparently it is 3 Kbytes so I would definitely put it in the Tom
>>> Pittman
>>> category for Tiny BASICs.
>>>
>>> Best regards, Steven
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Dave McGuire" <mcguire at neurotica.com>
>>> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 12:41 PM
>>> Subject: Re: INS8073 (was Re: HERO1 For sale...)
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Eric Smith wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> It's in 2.5KB of ROM, so it's definitely a tinier BASIC than in the
>>>>> competing Intel 8051AH-BASIC and Zilog Z8671, both of which had
>>>>> 4KB of
>>>>>           
>>> ROM.
>>>       
>>>>    Was there in fact an 8051AH-BASIC?  I've worked extensively with
>>>> 8052AH-BASIC, and have never heard of an 8051 version.  The 8052
>>>> has 8KB
>>>> of ROM, compared to the 8051's 4KB.  The BASIC interpreter
>>>> filled...and
>>>> I mean FILLED...that 8KB.  It's extraordinarily dense code.
>>>>
>>>>    The Z8671's BASIC, on the other hand, fits in the first 2KB of
>>>> ROM on
>>>> that chip.
>>>>
>>>>                 -Dave
>>>>         
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