Zapple-II/cpm-apps/BBC_BASIC

BBC BASIC (Z80) version 5.00 Test Package

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If you have a genuine Z80 CP/M system you can extract the file BBCBASIC.COM

from the archive and run it on that platform.  However please note that the

cursor and other editing functions are unlikely to work, and if you use the

INKEY() function with a non-zero parameter the time-out won't be functional,

nor will the TIME function work (there is no standard CP/M timer interrupt).



If you have a BBC Micro or BBC Master with Z80 Second Processor (either real

hardware or emulated) you can extract the file BBCTUBE.COM from the archive

and run it on that platform.  All the functions of the native OS should be

available, including graphics and sound.  In the case of the BBC Master 128

there are additional features such as extended graphics (circle and ellipse

plotting, rectangle copy/move, flood fill) and the real-time clock (TIME$).



If you don't have a suitable Z80 CP/M system on which to run the interpreter

a CP/M emulator for Windows is included.  Extract the entire contents of the

Zip archive and run 'runcpm' to run the emulator.  This will start up at the

A0> CP/M prompt; BBC BASIC will be found on the emulated B: drive so type B:

followed by the Enter key to switch to the B: drive, and then type BBCBASIC

<Enter> to run the interpreter (these CP/M commands are not case-sensitive).



The file WHATSNEW.TXT (which can be read in CP/M using the TYPE command, or

in Windows) lists the new features in BBC BASIC (Z80) version 5.00 compared

with version 3.00.  There are also a few BASIC test programs included.