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BASIC (TRS-80 Model I)

since 1977 (earliest usage recorded on this site was 1979)

Two versions of the BASIC programming language were produced for the Model I. Level I BASIC fit in 4 KB of ROM, and Level II BASIC fit into 12 KB of ROM. Level I was single precision only and had a smaller set of commands. Level II introduced double precision floating point support and had a much wider set of commands. Level II was further enhanced when a disk system was added, allowing for the loading of Disk BASIC.

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codewritinfool - 4 years
vangale - 1 years
shiny - 45 years
cherimullins - 8 years
jtauber - 1 years
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xurizaemon - 5 years
dabeaz - 1 years
deep - 4 years
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gklein - 37 years
Josh - 30 years
codewritinfool
1979–1982
shiny
1980–
got a trs 80 - had to type stuff in.. except sometimes they didn't work straight from the book so i had to work them out
vangale
1980
Wrote a limited accounting system from a local contractor on his TRS-80.
cherimullins
1980–1987
jtauber
1981
My Dad borrowed a Dick Smith System 80 (a TRS-80 Model 1 clone) and photocopied a book on BASIC for me. He also wrote some programs for it himself for me to study from.
supakoo
1981–1982
Years are guesses. I do remember buying a 5 1/4 floppy so I could save the space invaders game I was making.
xurizaemon
1983–1987
Buying games on disk was expensive, typing them in was educational. Decades later, my mother's ploy appears to have paid off.
dabeaz
1983
Wrote BASIC programs on the TRS-80 Model 3 in junior high school (8th grade)
deep
1985–1988
davidpaccoud
1986–1988
My first self learned programming language on an old Video Genie (a TRS-80 clone) offered by an oncle.
eMBee
1988–1989
learned basic in highschool on a TRS-80 (a room full of TRS-80 machines that booted off a TRS-80 server)
gklein
1988–
Josh
1995–
I picked up a TRS-80 Color II in 1995 or so, just for fun. Still pull it out occasionally.
kayakr
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