BASIC environment ending with "run complete", and slashed 'O' characters?

Jules Richardson jules.richardson99 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 25 20:08:03 CDT 2022


Perhaps a long shot, but I've got an old piece of paper here showing a 
BASIC listing followed by a program run where the BASIC environment 
terminates with "run complete" - does that behavior ring any bells with 
anyone? I'm mildly curious what machine it may have come from.

The other interesting thing is that the output is from a teletype and the 
zero characters appear with no slash, while the uppercase 'O' characters do 
have a diagonal slash through them (e.g. the 'run complete' mentioned above 
comes out as 'RUN C0MPLETE') - certainly not unheard of, but I think doing 
the opposite had become typical practice by what, very early 1970s?

At the top of the page there is a paragraph as follows (all in uppercase on 
the printout, obviously, and with slashed 'O' characters):

"The following output is an example of BASIC language and the resulting run 
of a program. A punched paper tape of the program is included in the kit. 
This output was produced on a teletype."

I don't know if that means anything to anyone? I have no idea what "the 
kit" was but am guessing that the printout I have was once part of some 
kind of educational material.

I do have another printout from the MECC timeshare system (dated 78/9/1) 
which may have originated with the same teletype - it's different paper 
stock, but has the same slashed 'O' characters. The welcome message on that 
says 'Kronos 2.12-439', if that's meaningful...

cheers

Jules



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