Ten Great Commodore 128 BASIC Improvements Over The C64

Published: 27 April 2022
on channel: 8-Bit Show And Tell

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As great as the Commodore 64 is, there were a lot of complaints about the lack of features in its built-in BASIC 2. The Commodore 128's BASIC 7 improved upon it in many ways, and today we'll take a look at some of the best.

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Index:
0:00 Intro
1:33 1. Screen Editor
4:41 2. Sprites
9:16 3. Music
11:58 4. Graphics
16:46 5. Windows
18:30 6. Less Spaghetti
24:14 7. Utilities
25:39 8. Debug
30:40 9. Monitor
35:59 10. Disk Commands
41:40 The cost of BASIC 7: Speed
43:25 Thanks!

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