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 ===== BASIC ===== ===== BASIC =====
-The Tandy Color Computers included a modular ROM BASIC interpreter created by Microsoft and later extended by Microware for the Motorola 6809 microprocessor.+The Tandy Color Computers included a modular ROM BASIC interpreter for the Motorola 6809 microprocessor created by Microsoft and later extended by Microware.
  
   * Color BASIC - the 8KB core interpreter, math, and string handling   * Color BASIC - the 8KB core interpreter, math, and string handling
   * Extended Color BASIC - extensions to Color BASIC to support graphics, additional sound, and more functions.   * Extended Color BASIC - extensions to Color BASIC to support graphics, additional sound, and more functions.
   * Disk Extended Color BASIC - extensions to Extended Color BASIC to support BASIC reading and writing records from diskette   * Disk Extended Color BASIC - extensions to Extended Color BASIC to support BASIC reading and writing records from diskette
-  * Advanced Color BASIC - additional Color BASIC functions for on-screen editing, RAM disk, terminal, and sound chip support+  * Advanced Color BASIC - additional Color BASIC functions for on-screen editing, RAM disk, terminal, and sound chip support recovered from a pre-production version of the Deluxe Color Computer discontinued before its release
   * Super Extended Color BASIC - Microware extensions to Microsoft's modular BASIC to support the additional memory and graphics of the Color Computer 3   * Super Extended Color BASIC - Microware extensions to Microsoft's modular BASIC to support the additional memory and graphics of the Color Computer 3
  
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 OS-9, NitrOS-9, and Ease of Use continue to evolve and expand while providing computing experience available to home power users all the way back to 1980. OS-9, NitrOS-9, and Ease of Use continue to evolve and expand while providing computing experience available to home power users all the way back to 1980.
  
-Learn more at [[https://github.com/nitros9project/nitros9]] and [[http://lcurtisboyle.com/nitros9/nitros9.html]]+Learn more at [[https://microware.com/]], [[https://github.com/nitros9project/nitros9]]and [[http://lcurtisboyle.com/nitros9/nitros9.html]]
  
 ===== FUZIX ===== ===== FUZIX =====
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 ===== PSYMON ===== ===== PSYMON =====
-Percom released a tiny 1KB OS for the SBC/09 single-board computer in 1979.+Percom released PSYMON, the Percom SYstem MONitor, a tiny 1KB OSfor the SBC/09 single-board computer in 1979.
  
 The source code, packed with utility routines and very well documented, was reconstructed from the original listing and ported to run on the Color Computer 1, 2, and 3 using ROM calls for the I/O. The source code, packed with utility routines and very well documented, was reconstructed from the original listing and ported to run on the Color Computer 1, 2, and 3 using ROM calls for the I/O.
  
 Learn more at [[https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Programming/Source/PSYMON%20-%20Percom%206809%20System%20Monitor/]] Learn more at [[https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Programming/Source/PSYMON%20-%20Percom%206809%20System%20Monitor/]]
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