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TRS-80 was so expensive when it came out that it came with "LEVEL 1 BASIC" vs "LEVEL 2" which was a hardware upgrade. I think level 1 only allowed two strings a
by ck2 4y ago
TRS-80 was so expensive when it came out that it came with "LEVEL 1 BASIC" vs "LEVEL 2" which was a hardware upgrade. I think level 1 only allowed two strings and many other limitations.
My first TRS-80 didn't even have a tape recorder to save, I had to memorize or write down the code I came up with and type in it the next time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_I_BASIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_I_BASIC
- tgv 4y agoI bet you still can remember some of that code. TRS-80 was not the thing that introduced me to programming. Our school had some uni project where we could send in programs on scrap cards (like punch cards, but using pencil) and then we'd receive the output a week later on stacks of line printer paper. Great stuff. Then the PET-2001 appeared on the market, the Apple II, etc., all well out of our reach. Not much later, the school got a few TRS-80s, and the rest is history.