11 Aug
2008
11 Aug
'08
3:09 p.m.
I've found numerous references to a MCS-51 Tiny BASIC for the 8051.
Apparently it is 3 Kbytes so I would definitely put it in the Tom Pittman
category for Tiny BASICs.
Best regards, Steven
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave McGuire" <mcguire at neurotica.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: INS8073 (was Re: HERO1 For sale...)
Eric Smith wrote:
> It's in 2.5KB of ROM, so it's definitely a tinier BASIC than in the
> competing Intel 8051AH-BASIC and Zilog Z8671, both of which had 4KB of
ROM.
Was there in fact an 8051AH-BASIC? I've worked extensively with
8052AH-BASIC, and have never heard of an 8051 version. The 8052 has 8KB
of ROM, compared to the 8051's 4KB. The BASIC interpreter filled...and
I mean FILLED...that 8KB. It's extraordinarily dense code.
The Z8671's BASIC, on the other hand, fits in the first 2KB of ROM on
that chip.
-Dave