CBM - Article Index

Encyclopedia - List Of Basic Dialects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Basic Dialects - Dialects
List of BASIC dialects - A. ABasiC (Amiga) — Relatively limited. Initially provided with Amigas by MetaComCo. ABC BASIC (ABC80/800) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commodore 1541: Encyclopedia Ii - Commodore 1541 - The Serial Computer Interface
The 1541 used a bit-serial version of the IEEE-488 interface, the speedier parallel version of which was used on Commodore's earlier driv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Basic Dialects By Platform: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Basic Dialects By Platform - Platforms
List of BASIC dialects by platform - Apple I/II/III. Apple Business BASIC Applesoft BASIC — Based on the same Microsoft code that Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Membrane Keyboard: Encyclopedia Ii - Membrane Keyboard - List Of Computers With Membrane Keyboards
QWERTY layouts unless otherwise specified Atari 400 (full-travel replacement keyboards much like those that came with the Atari 800 were...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commodore 1541: Encyclopedia Ii - Commodore 1541 - Copy Protection By Read Error
Early copy prevention schemes deliberately introduced read errors on the disk, the software refusing to load unless the correct error mes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commodore 1541: Encyclopedia Ii - Commodore 1541 - The Drive Head Misalignment Issue
The drive-head mechanism was notoriously easy to misalign, and had a tendency to make a 'machine-gun' rattle when out of alignment or whe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commodore 1541: Encyclopedia Ii - Commodore 1541 - Introduction And Early Problems
Priced at under US$400 at its introduction, the 1541 became widely popular. Although expensive by today's standards, a C64 plus a 1541 co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Basic Dialects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Basic Dialects - Basic Extensions
BASIC extensions (also known as BASIC toolkits) extend a particular basic. (Platforms: APCW = Amstrad PCW; C64 = Commodore 64; C128 = Com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Basic Dialects By Platform: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Basic Dialects By Platform - Categories
List of BASIC dialects by platform - DEC derived. BASIC dialects which originated at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), or are derive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commodore 1541: Encyclopedia Ii - Commodore 1541 - Versions And Third-party Clones
There were two versions of the 1541 mechanics. Early models used a drive mechanism made by Alps Electric, distinguishable by its push-dow...   » Read the article