Color BASIC

Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer

Color BASIC is a version of Microsoft BASIC that was integrated into the ROM of the Tandy / Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer ("CoCos"), which was sold between 1980 and 1991, and the Tandy TRS-80 MC-10 , which was sold as cheaper version of the CoCO came on the market in 1984, as well as its clone , the Matra Alice .

Color BASIC is an interpreter language that is converted into machine language when a program is started. This makes it easy to write, but the speed of such programs is significantly slower than programs that e.g. B. C are written.

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Color BASIC 1.0 was first published in the 4k TRS-80 Color Computer from 1980. The basic needed 8k of ROM. 16k were necessary as an extension in this computer in order to use the extension of the Color BASIC: Extended Color BASIC. ("ECB")