IBM Personal Computer BASIC Compiler 1.0

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IBM Personal Computer BASIC Compiler 1.0

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BigAlUK

Ok - that was weird: In the manual the examples are missing texts (something odd going on with boxed-out texts?) Not seen that before in a PDF.

ibmpc5150

@BigAlUK

I don't know what's the problem.
At lease this disk is dumped correctly and runs well.

https://forum.winworldpc.com/discussion/comment/148010#Comment_148010

SomeGuy

I think this manual was from Bitsavers. It looks like the pages were reduced to 2-color black and white. It looks like this conversion wound up filtering out light colored text. The code/example text was probably very light green. This is why I prefer color or grayscale.

pcjrguy

Here is a better scan of the Basic Compiler Manual: https://archive.org/details/ibm-basic-compiler
My scanner clipped the bottom of the pages a little, but its much better than the other manual.
I was frustrated, and decided to buy a copy, to scan and share with the world. You're welcome.

robbo007

I've uploaded version 1.0 720kb floppy images to Archive.org. You can include it here if you want: https://archive.org/details/ibm-basicv-1-720-kb

SomeGuy

Thanks. Any chance do you have a label scan or photo?