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I believe the BASIC interpreter was TrueBasic: https://www.truebasic.com/atari And probably PageSteam for the the desktop publishing app. Not sure on that MIDI composer.
The most famous BASIC environment was the incredible GFA Basic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFA_BASIC
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The most famous BASIC environment was the incredible GFA Basic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFA_BASIC
Ah yeah, I forgot about that one too. I had switched to True Basic at some point and completely forgot about GFA.
Nice! I never had an Atari ST (stayed with Commodore to the bitter end, plus Tandy happened soon after) but I am glad someone out there is dedicated to keeping these 16/32-bit computers alive.
That's so cool. There's a few old programs I'd love to see but since it's been over 30 years I can't recall their names. - A music composer that took advantage of the MIDI ports. Connecting the software to synths etc would allow the Atari ST to not only control the synth, but also to record the music in note form as it was played. - A BASIC interpreting environment. Noteworthy for no reason other than this was the pl…
> A music composer that took advantage of the MIDI ports. Cubase or C-Lab Notator. > A BASIC interpreting environment. GFA BASIC. > A desktop publishing application This may be Calamus. Interesting fact: "an Atari Desktop Publishing system consisting of an Atari Mega ST computer, mono hi-res monitor, SLM804 printer and desktop publishing software cost less then an IBM or Apple laser printer alone." [1] http://www.ata…
That's so cool. There's a few old programs I'd love to see but since it's been over 30 years I can't recall their names. - A music composer that took advantage of the MIDI ports. Connecting the software to synths etc would allow the Atari ST to not only control the synth, but also to record the music in note form as it was played. - A BASIC interpreting environment. Noteworthy for no reason other than this was the pl…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I believe the BASIC interpreter was TrueBasic: https://www.truebasic.com/atari And probably PageSteam for the the desktop publishing app. Not sure on that MIDI composer.
The most famous BASIC environment was the incredible GFA Basic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFA_BASIC
but both were really awesome compared to what existed on other platforms back then. In particular, I liked their documentation. Those were great times for documentation (not just BASIC, also TOS, GEM etc from that time more than today's. Either there were more qualified tech writers per product, or the products were simpler ... or maybe just nostalgia.
That's so cool. There's a few old programs I'd love to see but since it's been over 30 years I can't recall their names. - A music composer that took advantage of the MIDI ports. Connecting the software to synths etc would allow the Atari ST to not only control the synth, but also to record the music in note form as it was played. - A BASIC interpreting environment. Noteworthy for no reason other than this was the pl…
GFA basic or Hisoft basic (along with the many other dev languages that Hisoft had)
Calligrapher in the UK, Pagestream, Calamus.
Learned Atari basic from a 2 page leaflet that came with my 800XL when I was 8, then progressed through True Basic and GFA Basic.