Basic on the Junior Computer - puts the microprocessor in touch with the world

4-52 - elektor april 1982 BASIC on the Junior Computer 02081 BASIC still remains the number one computer language. Although it may not be as grammatical and efficient as other languages (such as COMAL or PASCAL), its popularity shows that it meets the essential requirements of computer users all over the world. Thanks to Microsoft, who developed an excellent version of BASIC for the KIM computer some time ago, the Junior Computer can now be made bilingual, its "mother tongue" being machine language of course. Even with the addition of a BASIC vocabulary, ma- chine language still plays an important role in various routines and timing processes etc., so there is no question Computer Book 3. In addition, 16k of RAM has to be located in the address range $2000 $5FFF. This can be made up from two RAM/EPROM cards each containing 8 k of RAM, or the 16 k dynamic RAM card which is described elsewhere in the present issue. Although the extensions were fully described in Book 3, it may be ...