Hi,

I'm trying to run a program which is written in Basic.  Without listing
the whole program (it computes the tap location for a pseudo-random code
generator), the problem I have is in determining which interpreter
supports some of the commands and functions I see.  Specifically, they
are MAT :

         DIM S(K,L)
         MAT S=ZER
                   I guess this zeroizes all the elements in Matix S

I've tried running this under Quick Basic as supplied with DOS V6.22
and GW Basic with no success.  I know that some of the older Hewlett
Packard computers (9000 series) had a basic interpreter and perhaps this
is where the code was developed.  

If anyone knows where I can find an interpreter that runs on a PC, please
let me know.

Thanks in advance.

Mike Stricker
(617) 981-4256 work

The MAT commands were originally introduced in mainframe BASICs that were
derived from the original Dartmouth spec.

However, I think someone posted an article a couple of months ago during a
discussion of all the various BASICs claiming that at least the MAT commands
had been adopted by one of the PC BASICs.

I've never seen them in a PC BASIC myself.

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Well, the MAT command as you have it written there looks suspiciously like
True BASIC. However, DIM S(K,L) wouldn't be legal in True BASIC.

I am told that there is a BASIC much like the old HP BASIC called Rocky
Mountain BASIC, which True BASIC users have told me on occasion is similar
in many features to True BASIC.

So, those are two to check out. I can't help much with Rocky Mountain
BASIC, but if you want to email me a larger snippet of the code, I should
be able to tell you reasonably quickly if it is True BASIC or not.

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