TURBO-BASIC XL#
TURBO-BASIC XL is a fast Basic Interpreter for the Atari 8bit XL/XE. Written by Frank Ostrowski and first published by German Happy Computer magazine. TURBO-BASIC XL is fully compatible to Atari Basic with an extended set of commands. There is also a TURBO-BASIC XL Compiler. A handbook (in German) can be found at http://www.strotmann.de/~highland/bib/bibindex.html
TURBO-BASIC XL is compatible with Atari BASIC, but it runs three to four times faster when interpreted and has advanced program control and I/O commands. Using the TURBO-BASIC XL compiler makes programs run 15-20 times faster than Atari BASIC and it will compile Atari BASIC programs too!
TURBO-BASIC XL will only work on XL and XE computers with at least 64K. Ostrowski is also the author of GFA BASIC for the Atari ST, which is being distributed in the U.S. by MichTron.
TUREX.COM is the enhancement for TURBO-BASIC XL you are looking for. So, load TURBO-BASIC XL, then BLOAD or BRUN the TUREX.COM file. You now have an extended version of TURBO-BASIC XL with various new commands. Take a look at the TUREX.TXT file, it is the german documentation which shows all available extra commands...
As mentioned before, all *.XTB files are only examples for the TURBO-BASIC XL enhancement. (The "Extended TURBO-BASIC XL" was originally released as an *.ARC file, I also put this file on the disk together with Unarc.COM; but you already find all unarced files on the disk, so the ARC file is kinda redundant and just there for archiving purposes.)
Afair, XTB had been created by Thorsten Karwoth, he is also the author of Atari Macro Assembler 4.32, Atari Macro Assembler XE 2.1, Power Packer, Packer and Linker, Megablast, MyDOS Batchfile Enhancement, Laser Duell, Soundmonitor Professional and a few other programs. Thank you so much Thorsten, for giving your work into PD. We really owe you very much. The community is deep in your debt!
- Wikipedia: Turbo Basic XL (english)
- Wikipedia: Turbo Basic XL (deutsch)
- Multi Zoom Master Graphics Program by Carsten Strotmann
- Player Missile in Turbo Basic
- Simple Blitter
CAR-Images#
- TURBO-BASIC_XL-Cartridge.car
- TURBO-BASIC_XL-built_in_(XE).car
- TURBO-BASIC_XL_1.5,_Compiler_1.1,_Runtime_and_Linker.car ; TURBO-BASIC XL 1.5, Compiler 1.1, Runtime and Linker in just one single cartridge
ATR-Images#
- TurboBasic_XL_with_DOS_2.5_SD.atr ; TURBO-BASIC XL with Compiler and Runtime on one single disk
- Happy_Computer_1985b.atr; TURBO-BASIC XL with helper program AMPEL for typing in from the original listing in the Happy Computer magazine
- Turbo_Basic_1.4.atr ; Turbo Basic 1.4 for the Atari 400/800
- TURBO-BASIC_XL_1.5,_Editor,_Compiler,_Runtime_and_AMPEL.atr
- Extended_TURBO-BASIC_XL.atr
- Extended_TURBO-BASIC_XL-Manuals.atr
- TURBO-BASIC_XL_1.6.atr
- TURBO-BASIC_XL-3.2q-SpartaDOS.atr
- TURBO-BASIC_XL_for_SpartaDOS_3.2d.atr
- TURBO-BASIC_XL-(NTSC)_with_DOS 2.5.atr
- TURBO-BASIC_XL_suite.atr
Manuals#
- TURBO-BASIC_XL-Interpreter.pdf ; size: 2 MB
- TURBO-BASIC_XL-Turbo_Compiler.pdf ; size: 1.7 MB
- TURBO-BASIC_XL-Expanded_Documentation.pdf ; size: 4.9 MB
- TURBO-BASIC_XL_Manual.pdf ; size: 1.7 MB
- TURBO-BASIC_XL-Compiler.pdf ; size: 1.8 MB
- TURBO-BASIC_XL-Compiler_Info.pdf ; size: 431 KB
- Expanded-TURBO-BASIC_XL-Documentation-Ron Fetzer.pdf ; size: 1 MB
- Expanded_TURBO-BASIC_XL_Documentation-Ron_Fetzer_1.pdf
- Expanded_TURBO-BASIC_XL_Documentation-Ron_Fetzer_2.pdf
- HC_AMPEL_Version_1.1.pdf
- Quck_Summery_of_TURBO-BASIC_XL_command_and_functions.pdf
- TURBO-BASIC_XL_1.5_Handbuch_1.pdf
- TURBO-BASIC_XL_1.5_Handbuch_2.pdf
- TURBO-BASIC_XL-Referenz.pdf
- EXPANDED_TURBO-BASIC_XL-DOCUMENTATION.txt
- Kurzreferenz_zur_TURBO-BASIC_XL-Erweiterung.txt
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