| Designed by | Bill Gates[1] |
|---|---|
| Developer | Microsoft |
| First appeared | 1980 |
| Stable release | Color BASIC 1.3 (1982) Extended Color BASIC ("ECB") (1984) Disk Extended Color BASIC ("DECB") (1984) |
| Platform | TRS-80 Color Computer |
Color BASIC is the implementation of Microsoft BASIC that is included in the ROM of the Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computers manufactured between 1980 and 1991. BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a high level language with simple syntax that makes it easy to write simple programs. Color BASIC is interpreted, that is, decoded as it is run.
- ^ 80-U-S. Interviews Bill Gates of Microsoft, 80-U.S. - Volume IV Number 3 (1981-05)(80-Northwest Publishing)(US), Page 8. Most recently he completed the work on the Radio Shack color computer. He is most excited about the Extended Color Basic package he wrote.