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Dialect of the BASIC programming language
MBASIC is the Microsoft BASIC implementation of BASIC for the CP/M operating system. MBASIC is a descendant of the original Altair BASIC interpreters that were among Microsoft's first products. MBASIC was one of the two versions of BASIC bundled with the Osborne 1 computer. The name "MBASIC" is derived from the disk file name MBASIC.COM of the BASIC interpreter. MBASIC, like its predecessor family of 8-bit interpreters Microsoft BASIC, were heavily inspired by Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-10's BASIC-PLUS, albeit simpler and slower. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MBASICA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: MBASIC-Wegweiser für Mikrocomputer unter CP/M und MS-DOSThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Model-based analysis synthesis image coding (MBASIC) system for a person's faceCited 168 times
- Go sideways: Microsoft BASICA closely related topic
- Go sideways: List of BASIC dialectsA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
MBASIC-Wegweiser für Mikrocomputer unter CP/M und MS-DOSEkkehard Kaier · 1984
Managing a modern hospitalA. V. Srinivasan · 2008- 📕CP/M 與 MBASIC黃明逹 · 1984
The MBASIC handbookWalter A. Ettlin · 1983- 📕CP/M yu MBASICMingda Huang · 1984
- 📕MBASIC HandbookWalter A. Ettlin, Gregory Solberg · 1984
- 📕R. M./BASIC for Nimbus UsersErnest Bebbington · 1989
- 📕Programming the PIC Microcontroller with MBASICJack Smith · 2005
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