Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!cca!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!hoyme From: hoyme@umn-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: The only one with BASIC???? - (nf) Message-ID: <223@umn-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Jun-83 20:28:30 EDT Article-I.D.: umn-cs.223 Posted: Sun Jun 5 20:28:30 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jun-83 20:25:59 EDT Lines: 11 #R:houti:-23500:umn-cs:6900007:000:381 umn-cs!hoyme Mar 22 10:15:00 1983 I believe the Vic-20 adds are making a comparison only between the Vic-20 and direct competitors such as the Atari-400 and the TI-99, etc. They do not compare with Apples and IBMs, etc.. 'Full' BASIC most likely refers to some feature (such as PEEK/POKE) that the others don't have. (Atari doesn't have built in BASIC, does it??). Ken Hoyme University of Minnesota