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Re: Mallard BASIC-80 Version 1.48

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On Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 7:39:40 AM UTC+1, Mr Emmanuel Roche, France wrote:
> I have exchanged 6 messages with Steve Denson. He told me that, as far
> as he knows, the last version of Mallard BASIC-80 was 1.47, for the
> PcW10.
> 
> However, here's a letter from the October 1993 edition of PCW Plus:
> 
> < This information about Mallard BASIC version 1.48 - apparently the
> < version supplied with the new PcW10s - may prove to be useful.
> <
> < There is only one change from version 1.47, which involves 8 bytes,
> and is
> < an additional error check for FETCHKEY$. However, this simple change
> < affects most other locations, and POKEs in Tipoff articles and
> Streamlined
> < BASIC, for example, will need amendment.
> <
> < However, this isn't as bad as it seems. Any reference from 256 to
> 9141
> < will work identically to the corresponding POKE for Mallard 1.47.
> Any
> < reference from 9142 to the end of BASIC (programs now start at
> 31945) must
> < be increased by 8 from the version 1.47 POKE. The arguments of the
> POKEs
> < are not affected unless they are references to 2 byte addresses - in
> which
> < case the same rules apply.
> <
> < Geoffrey Childs, Gloucestershire
> 
>   (The magazine also included a screenshot of the Mallard 1.48 startup
>    screen:
> 
>     Mallard-80  BASIC with Jetsam  Version 1.48
>     (c) Copyright 1984 Locomotive Software Ltd
>     All rights reserved
> 
>     31034 free bytes
> 
>     Ok
>   )
> 
> So, is anybody out there who has this rarity?
> 
> Yours Sincerely,
> Mr. Emmanuel Roche, France

Can you/someone repost Mallard BASIC-80 Version 1.48 (or other)?

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