| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
Has anybody of you seen the new SAM-BASIC.
It should be much better than the slow Amiga-BASIC.
So far as I know should it have the following features:
- better & faster Editor
- more support of the multi-tasking capabilities
- runs much faster
Maybe the new BASIC is in the USA already released. Unfortunately
it takes often months till the Software comes to Germany...
regards
Bernhard
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 964.1 | BAGELS::BRANNON | Dave Brannon | Tue Dec 15 1987 21:13 | 3 | |
haven't even seen an ad for SAM-BASIC. What company is doing it?
-dave
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| 964.2 | new info on SAM-BASIC | DCC::AZUBI | Bernardo da Vinci - the Amiga genius | Wed Dec 16 1987 07:47 | 33 |
Ok, in the meantime I got some more Info on SAM-BASIC...
SAM stands for Simons Amiga Multitasking BASIC. It was written by
the same guy who did Simons BASIC on the 64.
Seems the rumours have changed to facts...
First the good:
- full support of the IFF - Format.
- 32 independent "BASIC" Tasks
- comfortable commands for BOBs and Sprites (better than Amiga-BASIC)
- supports H.A.M - Mode and Copper Programming
- easy commands for 3D-Graphics
- faster than Amiga-BASIC
and now the bad:
- spartanic Editor
- needs Linenumbers again!
- uses an own, different format for libs. So you can not use the
the standard Amiga-libs
- the Sound capabilties are not fully supported
- small documentation
SAM-BASIC is distributed by:
PCC Ltd., 3 Mundells Court
Welwyn Garden City, Herts
Cost: 86,95 pounds
Bernhard
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