Manuals for Optimized Systems Software (OSS) BASIC XE, XL, etc.

UNIXcoffee928 · June 14, 2008

BASIC XE sounds like it was a great product. Does anyone have a manual for it?

It's too bad that there isn't a website that has all of the OSS releases & their corresponding manuals available for download. Hint, hint, someone...

= )

I'd like to try out all of their products, but it seems like there are very few manuals out there. There is a post from a few years back, mentioning that some of them existed online, but the links are dead.

Question for anyone who has used BASIC XE:

If I were to build an ATR with BASIC XE, would it be better to put DOS XL, OS/A+ 2.1 or OS/A+ version 4.1 in it to take full advantage of BASIC XE?

I would guess OS/A+ version 4.1 was the most advanced, and would be the right choice. The backward incompatibility wouldn't' matter if it was all self contained in an ATR, anyway.

Thanx.

Rybags · June 14, 2008

basicxe.zip

Seems to be in Polish, but at least it should have the extra statements listed.

As for DOS - I don't think it matters a great deal since Basic XE is on cartridge anyway. But, wasn't there a version of one or more OSS DOSes that took advantage of the underlying RAM that can be accessed by switching out the cart?

UNIXcoffee928 · June 14, 2008

I am aware of different benchmark speeds, based on the specific DOS & BASIC combination. Of course, maximum feature-set is an important consideration, as well.

Thanks for posting the Polish Manual. If anyone has the English manual, please post it here.

In the mean-time, I did a section by section machine translation of the Polish manual file...

I did no sanity checking. This means that it is like having an insane and drunk Polish person who hates formatting translate it for you into something that is English-ish.

= )

It will have to do for now, though.

L8R.

BASIC_XE_English_ish.doc

Edited June 14, 2008 by UNIXcoffee928

+bf2k+ · June 14, 2008

...

Question for anyone who has used BASIC XE:

If I were to build an ATR with BASIC XE, would it be better to put DOS XL, OS/A+ 2.1 or OS/A+ version 4.1 in it to take full advantage of BASIC XE?

Back in the 80's, I always used mine with Sparta 3.2d but I don't know if I was getting full use of it or not.

+MrFish · June 14, 2008

Here's the BASIC XL Manual. It should cover most of the commands for BASIC XE. The main one that comes to mind that will not be in there is "Extend", which is used to access the extra RAM for a 130xe, etc.

BASIC_XL_Manual.pdf

UNIXcoffee928 · June 14, 2008

Can you unlock the XL BASIC pdf document for editing, it's password protected.

Thanks.

+MrFish · June 14, 2008

Can you unlock the XL BASIC pdf document for editing, it's password protected.

Thanks.

This manual was produced by Corey of "8-bit Classics". Supposedly he was also working on getting the "Action!" manual PDFed.

DamageX · June 15, 2008

I still have the manual that came with the Indus GT. It covers that, the word processor, database, spreadsheet, and DOS-XL. Has it been scanned yet? If not maybe I'll add that to my to-do list...

UNIXcoffee928 · June 15, 2008

OK, after getting all psyched about BASIC XE I attempted to run it in both the Atari800WinPlus 4.0 & Atari800 emulators, set as 128K 130 XEs, no BASIC... and it didn't work.

weeeep-wah.

Grrr.

I had a few different images of it. All failed.

Does anyone have a copy that they know works in the emu?

Thanks!

ddez · June 15, 2008

Here you go, this version works fine for me on Atari800WinPlus 4.0. I've also included an ATR image with the BASIC XE extensions if you need it.

BasicXE.zip

UNIXcoffee928 · June 15, 2008

Cool. It's v4.1 Thanx!

Here's a version of v1.03 BASIC XL that works in the emu, for anyone interested.

Be aware that you will need to select option (3) in A8WP to load the M091 Type cartridge for both of these OSS releases.

Still hoping to get a hold of a BASIC XE manual in English.

L8R.

Basic_XL_v1.03__1983__OSS_.zip

UNIXcoffee928 · December 6, 2009

(bump)

Did anyone ever find or make an English manual for BASIC XE?

+MrFish · December 6, 2009

Can you unlock the XL BASIC pdf document for editing, it's password protected.

Thanks.

There is an easy way to bypass locked PDFs. Just print the PDF to a PDF.

UNIXcoffee928 · December 6, 2009

There is an easy way to bypass locked PDFs. Just print the PDF to a PDF.

Good tip, thanks!

+Stephen · December 6, 2009

Can you unlock the XL BASIC pdf document for editing, it's password protected.

Thanks.

There is an easy way to bypass locked PDFs. Just print the PDF to a PDF.

:thumbsup:

Stephen Anderson

576XE · February 18, 2013

Demo Menu,written in Basic XE. Use only with Extentions Disk.

Here is Code.

100 Rem OSS Basic XE Demo Menu
110 Rem ... INITIALIZATION
120 Dim Vm$(6,12)
130 Vm$(1;)=" Moscow	 "
140 Vm$(2;)=" Petersburg "
150 Vm$(3;)=" Evpatoria "
160 Vm$(4;)=" Feodosia "
170 Vm$(5;)=" Simeiz	 "
180 Vm$(6;)=" Konakovo "
190 Rem
200 Rem ... Constants
210 X=4:Y=2:Minc=1:Maxc=6:Cur=752:Kbd=764:Cls=125:Unp=255
220 Esc=28:Ret=12:Up=14:Ctrlup=142:Dn=15:Ctrldn=143:Off=1
230 Rem
240 Rem ... Variables
250 D=0:C=Minc:F=0
260 Rem
270 Rem ... PREPARATIONS
280 Poke Cur,Off: ? Chr$(Cls)
290 Call "ShowVM" Using X,Y,Minc,Maxc
300 Call "SetCur" Using X,Y,C
1000 Rem
1010 Rem ... MAIN LOOP
1020 K=Peek(Kbd):If K=Unp Then 1020: Rem Getkey...
1030 If K=Esc Then 1999: Rem to Quit
1040 If K=Ret Then Position 12,12: Normal: ? Vm$(C;): Goto 1110
1050 D=(K=Dn Or K=Ctrldn)-(K=Up Or K=Ctrlup)
1060 If D=0 Then Position 12,12: Normal: ? " Bad Entry !": Goto 1110
1070 Call "ClrCur" Using X,Y,C: C=C+D
1080 If C<Minc Then C=Minc
1090 If C>Maxc Then C=Maxc
1100 Call "SetCur" Using X,Y,C
1110 Poke Kbd,Unp: Goto 1020: Rem to Getkey...
1120 Rem
1130 Rem QUIT PROGRAM
1999 Graphics 0: ? "Many thanks for using menu !": End
2000 Rem
2010 Rem ... ShowVM
2020 Procedure "ShowVM" Using X,Y,Minc,Maxc: Local J
2030 For J=Minc To Maxc: Position X,Y-1+J: ? Vm$(J;): Next J
2040 Exit
3000 Rem
3010 Rem ... ClrCur
3020 Procedure "ClrCur" Using X,Y,C
3030 If F=1 Then Position X,Y+C-1: Normal: ? Vm$(C;): F=0
3040 Exit
4000 Rem
4010 Rem ... SetCur
4020 Procedure "SetCur" Using X,Y,C
4030 If F=0 Then Position X,Y+C-1: Inverse: ? Vm$(C;): F=1
4040 Exit

And here is Syntax Table for Notepad++. it's XML file.

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Manuals for Optimized Systems Software (OSS) BASIC XE, XL, etc.

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