Re: Alternate 'shell' for Commodore computers using the same kernel

From: Claudio Sánchez - Tokafondo <tokafondo_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 22:11:45 +0100
Message-ID: <29eb8ef6-0eff-49c4-c76d-5fe389f1c1b2_at_gmail.com>
El 16/05/2022 a las 21:33, Michal Pleban escribió:
>> El 16/05/2022 a las 16:00, André Fachat escribió:
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>> about. And it is just because it uses the standard kernal, and the cli instead of CBM Basic. Chirab told me that he made the software boot from a cartridge, but I think the next step would be to hack the rom, replacing CBM Basic with this software.
> If you replace the BASIC ROM with this, you will break a lot of programs that rely on different BASIC routines to work. And of course, you also will not be able to run any BASIC programs at all. And virtually every PRG file starts with a BASIC SYS command ;)

I understand that. Are those "lot of programs" not BASIC based? Or does also assembler coded programs use BASIC routines?

CBM Basic could be just "another" program loaded when needed to be used. Sort of Simon's Basic in its case: you won't be able to run programs coded in SB if it's not already in memory-- AFAIK.

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> Regards,
> Michau.
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Received on 2022-05-17 00:00:02

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