MCS-51 Tiny BASIC ( was Re: INS8073 )

[Dave McGuire]

   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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