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BASIC programming language dialect
Commodore BASIC, also known as PET BASIC or CBM-BASIC, is the dialect of the BASIC programming language used in Commodore International's 8-bit home computer line, stretching from the PET (1977) to the Commodore 128 (1985). Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Commodore BASICA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Mostly BASICThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: PSYCHOBASIC: A BASIC dialect for the control of psychological experiments with the Commodore-64 and DELA interfacingCited 12 times
- Go sideways: Applesoft BASICA closely related topic
- Go sideways: BSAVEA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
Mostly BASICHoward Berebon, Howard Berenbon · 1980
Very basic BASICDerek Ellershaw, Peter Schofield · 1984- 📕Computers for kidsSally Greenwood Larsen · 1980
Gateway to computing with the BBC MicroIan Stewart · 1984
Golden flutes and great escapesDelton T. Horn · 1984- 📕An introduction to the Commodore 64Nevin B. Scrimshaw · 1983
How to program your Commodore 64Carl Shipman · 1983
How to program your Commodore 64Tim Hartnell · 1984
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