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- *** *** Chipmunk Basic README *** *** (version 3.5.5, 98-Jun)
-
- Chipmunk Basic is a freeware old-fashioned Basic Interpreter, accelerated
- for the PowerMac, yet still compatible with old 68k Macs running System 6.
- Features include support for a simple sprite graphics engine, sound,
- MacinTalk speech, MacTCP, AppleScript, Drag&Drop and OOP programming.
-
- Every personal computer should come with a simple, easy to learn, programming
- language. Chipmunk Basic was my contribution for the very first PowerMacs.
- Chipmunk Basic only comes with a man page and a quick reference to the
- Mac specific functions. The language is mostly compatible with books on
- programming in BASIC that were written between around 1978 and 1990.
- This version is a both bug fix and new feature release. It is still free
- for educational and non-commercial distribution and use (but only for those
- who don't believe that using the BASIC language causes brain damage. :-)
-
- Permission is granted to include this version of Chipmunk Basic on CD-ROM
- compendiums of the Info-Mac and UMich archives. Please replace older
- versions of Chipmunk Basic that are in the archives with this version.
- Please make sure that any redistribution includes the documentation.
-
- Please send bug reports to <mailto:rhn@nicholson.com>. Updates and docs
- are at the Chipmunk Basic Home Page <http://www.nicholson.com/rhn/basic/>.
-
- Shortened version history:
- Version 3.3.2: fixed sprite turn bug, added Quicktime midi sound
- Version 3.3.7: fixed integer rounding; added "COM3:" to use serial driver
- Version 3.4.8: added matrix ops, changed precedence of "not" operator,
- fixed memory leaks, fixed nested if-then & select-case bugs
- Version 3.5.2: fixed bbedit bbxt. fixed print using. fixed file save.
- Version 3.5.3: fixed SFPutFile return name, file creator.
- Version 3.5.5: fixed while/wend exit bug. added PowerMac tcp.
-
- * Chipmunk Basic is Copyright 1998 by Ronald H. Nicholson, Jr.
- * ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
- *
- * Permission to use, copy and distribute this software without fee
- * for non-commercial or educational purposes is hereby granted,
- * provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies,
- * and that both the copyright notice and this permission notice with
- * the following disclaimer appear in the supporting documentation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND; not even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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