> Back then these were not really separate concepts. That was not my impression. It did also ship with MSX-DOS, which very much wasn't a way to program the sys

> Back then these were not really separate concepts. That was not my impression. It did also ship with MSX-DOS, which very much wasn't a way to program the system. And, sure, BASIC let you launch programs and manage files, but it was cumbersome at best. It's as if you get a Chromebook and it contains two manuals: one for Chrome ("how to open a web page") and one for the Devtools ("Chapter 1. HTTP")