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I'm aware but they weren't using BBC Basic... MSX Basic was a derivative of MS BASIC, which isn't really surprising since they had their hand in developing the

I'm aware but they weren't using BBC Basic... MSX Basic was a derivative of MS BASIC, which isn't really surprising since they had their hand in developing the MSX standard.

lproven 4y ago
MSX wasn't? No, indeed not, and AFAICR MSX BASIC wasn't anything very special. (MSX-DOS actually was, and is CP/M compatible and can run CP/M programs, which is rarely even mentioned.) But MSX was aimed squarely at gaming with a sideline in music making and things. I feel it deserves more respect, as one of the longest-surviving 8-bit architectures, one that was the most extended of all of them, and even transitioned with some degree of success to 16-bit, with the Z800-compatible R800 chip: https://www.msx.org/wiki/ASCII_DAR800-X0G https://www.msx.org/wiki/ASCII_DAR800-X0G