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Sorry to sperg, but "Integer BASIC" was almost certainly a retronym, a term which didn't exist prior to AppleSoft. Originally it was probably called Apple BASIC
by flomo 7y ago
Sorry to sperg, but "Integer BASIC" was almost certainly a retronym, a term which didn't exist prior to AppleSoft. Originally it was probably called Apple BASIC, just like ever other [manufacturer] BASIC (at least colloquially).
- scarface74 7y agoFrom the best I can tell, it was always referred to as Integer Basic and never “Apple Basic”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_BASIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_BASIC I do know that it was referred to that as far back as 1980. I’ve never seen a reference to it as “Apple Basic” and I had an Apple //e in 1986.
- flomo 7y agoAppleSoft (MS) BASIC came out very early in Apple II lifecycle, and prior to that there would have been no reason to call the original BASIC anything other than BASIC. Afterwards, of course, all the documentation and commands were updated. Woz originally called it "Game BASIC", some history at this page: http://woz.org/letters/apple-basic/ http://woz.org/letters/apple-basic/