Bug#628746: ITP: opense-basic -- Free software ROM for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum

[Alberto Garcia <agarcia@igalia.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Alberto Garcia <agarcia@igalia.com>


* Package name    : opense-basic
  Version         : 3.03
  Upstream Author : Andrew Owen
* URL             : http://sourceforge.net/projects/sebasic/
* License         : GPL
  Programming Lang: Assembler (Z80)
  Description     : Free software ROM for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum

OpenSE BASIC is a free software implementation of Sinclair BASIC
including many improvements over the original, while retaining a high
level of compatibility.

Its purpose is to be a free replacement ROM for the ZX Spectrum /
Timex Sinclair for use with emulators or real machines, but note that
it cannot replace 48 BASIC in computers with 32K or 64K ROMs (that
includes Spectrum 128/+2/+2A/+3).

Some of the highlights are:

 * Overall fastest version of Sinclair BASIC - fully optimized for
   speed.
 * Fastest and most user friendly editor - with additional editing
   commands.
 * AY support including pseudo-interrupt driven sound.
 * ULAplus support including a default palette and new commands.
 * 8-bit character set support including printing characters 24-31.
 * Direct machine code calls.
 * BASIC access to LDIR.
 * Hex and Octal number entry.
 * Decimal to Hex string conversion.
 * Intelligent error trapping - OK and STOP are not errors.
 * More room for BASIC programs and line numbers up to 16383.
 * Improved SCREEN$ handling for UDGs and 8-bit character sets.
 * Improved floating-point library - faster and more accurate.
 * Remains compatible with the majority of Spectrum software and
   hardware.
 * Ability to use reserved words as variable names during
   tokenization.