[vcf-midatlantic] Compaq Portable 386 BASIC manual?

[Dan Roganti]

On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 11:19 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> (Machine is better known as the
> ​​
> Compaq Portable III.)
>
>
> Can someone point me to a PDF of the Compaq Portable BASIC manual? (I
>> believe it's IBM Advanced BASIC version 3.3, but I'd like to see the Compaq
>> manual.)
>>
>

​just thinking out loud here,
since that Compaq portable is from 1987
and GW-Basic is from 1983​, it superseded BASICA which was originally
intended for IBM PC's
and GW-Basic was intended for non-IBM compatibles such as Compaq
I'd go with GW-BASIC

BTW, the
​
Compaq Portable III says it has a 286 not a 386
Dan

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