BASIC on a TRS-80 promo from '78

Posted by Distinct-Question-16@reddit | vintagecomputing | View on Reddit | 10 comments

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RenderedMeat@reddit

Weird accents and language. Progrum. Intermural.

There’s a typo on line 130. GOTO40. Unless it doesn’t need a space there.

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Distinct-Question-16@reddit (OP)

zx would reformat things like these but i cant recall it now (probably had a cheap token recognizer)

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RenderedMeat@reddit

Line 130 stands out because it doesn’t have a space between GOTO and its line number, but line 120 does.

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Distinct-Question-16@reddit (OP)

saying if you typed that in zx 128 basic it would add a space after enter reformating all the line. in zx spectrum 48 while typing it would add space..

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Spaces are optional. I'm not sure if that's Level 1 or Level 2 (been too long), but lots of spaces were implied on keywords. I used more Level 1 when I had mine, and it would let you use abbreviations for commands as well. All those saved bytes add up when you don't have that many to spare.

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