Re: computer bootlaces

From	Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM>
Newsgroups	alt.usage.english, alt.folklore.computers, alt.religion.kibology, comp.lang.basic.misc
Subject	Re: computer bootlaces
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Date	2011-09-29 09:56 +0100

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>> Xe is supposedly British, and BBC BASIC, which has & for hexadecimal
>> notation, had been around for seven years at that point.
>
> I never used BBC Basic, so I'll take your word for it.  I'm fairly
> sure both kinds I used on the Apple ][ range didn't have hexadecimal,
> and a bit less sure that Turbo Basic didn't have it.

Turbo BASIC, like some others, has (prefixed) $ for hexadecimal notation.

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Re: computer bootlaces Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2011-09-27 16:50 +0100
  Re: computer bootlaces "Tom Lake" <tlake@twcny.rr.com> - 2011-09-27 13:54 -0400
  Re: computer bootlaces Patrick Scheible <kkt@zipcon.net> - 2011-09-27 12:57 -0700
  Re: computer bootlaces Ben Yates <winston19842005@yahoo.com> - 2011-09-27 13:55 -0700
  Re: computer bootlaces Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2011-09-28 14:55 +0100
    Re: computer bootlaces Stan Barr <plan.b@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-09-28 18:30 +0000
    Re: computer bootlaces Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2011-09-28 19:40 +0100
      Re: computer bootlaces Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2011-09-29 09:56 +0100
        Re: computer bootlaces Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2011-09-29 14:14 +0100

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