https://kayprojournal.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=S-BASICS-BASIC - Revision history2026-10-30T01:36:25ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.41.1https://kayprojournal.com/index.php?title=S-BASIC&diff=3948&oldid=prevFrankRahman: Created page with "<blockquote> Well, one of the BASICs that came with my Kaypro is called S-BASIC and it's really exciting. You can write readable structured source code in this BASIC and then compile the source into a real .COM file. Jerry Pournelle of Byte lumped S-BASIC in with CBASIC when he reviewed the Kaypro. That tells me that he didn't check out S-BASIC any better than I had. (Kaypro is now shipping S-BASIC, CBASIC and MBASIC.) My excitement is not without two reservations. Firs..."2026-10-29T21:59:15Z<p>Created page with "<blockquote> Well, one of the BASICs that came with my Kaypro is called S-BASIC and it's really exciting. You can write readable structured source code in this BASIC and then compile the source into a real .COM file. Jerry Pournelle of Byte lumped S-BASIC in with CBASIC when he reviewed the Kaypro. That tells me that he didn't check out S-BASIC any better than I had. (Kaypro is now shipping S-BASIC, CBASIC and MBASIC.) My excitement is not without two reservations. Firs..."</p>
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Well, one of the BASICs that came with my Kaypro is called S-BASIC and it's really exciting. You can write readable structured source code in this BASIC and then compile the source into a real .COM file. Jerry Pournelle of Byte lumped S-BASIC in with CBASIC when he reviewed the Kaypro. That tells me<br />
that he didn't check out S-BASIC any better than I had. (Kaypro is now shipping S-BASIC, CBASIC and MBASIC.)<br />
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My excitement is not without two reservations. First, S-BASIC is not well documented, so you will spend a lot of time writing and running little programs to test the syntax and structure of some of the more obscure (but necessary) features. Second, S-BASIC has some definite bugs (sequential file access problems, for instance).<br />
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S-BASIC was written by Gilbert Ohnysty under the name Topaz. Kaypro bought S-BASIC lock, stock, and name-and I understand that Gilbert is now an employee. Little wonder that Kaypro 4s and lOs include it. (You can purchase S-BASIC for only $75 directly from Kaypro.)<br />
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An informal poll has led me to conclude that less than 5 percent of Kaypro owners have tried S-BASIC. Part of the problem might be that it is a compiler. But the main problem, I'm sure, is the documentation.<br><br />
(Micro Cornucopia, Oct 1983)<br />
</blockquote></div>FrankRahman