From: utzoo!utcsrgv!newman
Newsgroups: net.micro
Title: Re: The only one with BASIC????
Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.1214
Posted: Thu Mar 24 00:00:37 1983
Received: Thu Mar 24 09:25:10 1983
References: ihuxo.210


I think the recent comments about the desirability of buying
a micro with built-in Basic ROM miss a very important point.
In my opinion it is far superior to buy a micro with NO builtin
language ROM, but rather to be able to buy a cartridge with
e.g. Basic (like for instance the Atari 400/800). The reason
is that then you are not stuck with cluttering up a large
piece of your limited address space with Basic when you don't
want it, like for assembler, commercial assembler software,
or for running other languages or DOS's. I do feel however
that the manufacturer should then include the Basic cartridge
in the package, not make you buy it as an option.