Microsoft BASIC 3.0 for Mac
Although Microsoft did not invent BASIC, their founding product was a BASIC interpreter for the Altair computer. The descendants below includes Microsoft's BASIC-80 (MBASIC), BASIC-86 (pre-GWBasic), BASIC for Mac, BASIC Compiler 86/88, Basic Compiler for Mac, and Professional Development System 7.x. IBM Personal Computer Basic Compiler, GW-BASIC, QuickBasic, and Visual Basic are listed separately.
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Release notes
Microsoft BASIC Interpreter for the Mac is a GUI based implementation of Microsoft's BASIC product. It can make use of the Macintosh's mouse, graphics, windowing, and more.
This version does not include a compiler. A separate Mac compiler product was released about the same time as this version.
Microsoft BASIC 3.0 for the Mac was followed up by Microsoft QuickBASIC 1.0x for Mac.
Installation instructions
This archive contains one 400k disk image in raw sector format.
Downloads
| Download name | Version | Language | Architecture | File size | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Microsoft BASIC Interpreter 3.0 for Mac (9-30-1986) (3.5-400k) |
3.0 for Mac | English |
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241.98KB | 2 |