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Re: Compiled BASIC for the ATARI ST's

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From: Daniel M Goldman
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:35
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In <1992Sep8.224814.12128@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> rdt154k@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr N Benci) writes:


>I am about to invest some money in a compiled basic. The only criteria is
>that it must be closely compatible to Quick Basic for the PC. Hisoft BASIC 2
>is advertised to be compatible to Quick Basic. Is anyone using this BASIC
>and if so, could you provide some useful comments, either good bad or ugly.
>Any comments would be most appreciated, as I would like to know more about 
>it before I send my money to Hisoft.

>Thanks in advance.

  Before you buy, I suggest you look into True Basic.  I believe they
have a translation program to convert code to and from Quick Basic, but
I'm not sure. If you are interested, I will send you the contacts.
-DmG Dan Goldman, Ames, Iowa, USA
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