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In article <1897@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk> phil@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk writes:

>I have used and programmed (in BBC Basic) a Z88 and I suppose it was OK,
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  This is another fact that is seldom mentioned in context of the Z88 as
  a portable peripheral for the Mac: Z88's native high-level programming
  language is the BBC Basic, a very well designed "superset" of MS Basic
  that is also available for the Macintosh.  The BBC Basic is also available
  for the Z80, the 6502 and the Archimedes RISC (one of the fastest ever)
  processors.  Though I have not used the Macintosh version of it (only
  the BBC Micro/ 6502 one) I believe that it has - as all BBC Basics do -
  a nice feature of inline assembler for the 68000 that's available right
  within the Basic programming environment.  Indeed, it is a pity that this
  language is not as widely known as its strengths warrant.

  Thus a person using the Z88 for on-the-road programming can, in pronciple,
  edit & debug the same program later on the Mac.

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