Talk:HP Time-Shared BASIC

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[edit] TSB related to RMB?

Anyone know if/how HP Time-Shared BASIC relates to Rocky Mountain BASIC? Aside from the fact that they both came from HP at about the same time, the language features described appear similar. If HP TS B is related to RMB, I'd like to move the HP TS B info into that and turn this into a redirect. --DragonHawk 04:28, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Whether or not they are related, I'd probably object to converting this page into a redirect. HP TSB was sold as a major product in its own right, and directly contributed to the growth of HP's fledgling computer business; it deserves an article.

Atlant 13:49, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Well, WRT merging, IMO, it really depends on how they're related. If TSB and RMB are basically the same thing (with RMB just being a later version of the same code), then it doesn't make sense to have separate articles. Just like Mozilla Firebird and Mozilla Firefox end up at the same place. If, OTOH, they're not the same thing, maybe TSB at most inspired features in RMB, it doesn't make sense to merge them. But before we have that discussion, I'd like to know more about the actual early history of RMB, and the history of TSB in general.  :)

There is essentially no relation between the two. TSB evolved out of something developed at a university around 1967, IIRC. RMB most likely evolved from the BASIC written in-house for the HP 9830/9835/9845, though none of the code is shared. --Brouhaha 07:04, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HP Time-Sharing or Time-Shared ?

I'm probably the only one that cares, but it seems like most (all?) of the HP documentation says TSB stands for Time-Shared BASIC Should the article be renamed? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dzubint (talk • contribs) 21:37, 30 January 2007 (UTC).

It looks like you're absolutely correct, at least as of version 2000F.

Atlant 01:24, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

All fixed now -- thanks!

Atlant 01:40, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CPUs?

I thought 2000A was single CPU just like 2000E?

TimRiker 08:07, 28 March 2007 (UTC)