The original BASIC-PLUS from Digital Equipment Corporation was groundbreaking and influenced many BASIC systems following it. I will describe some of the unique capabilities of BASIC-PLUS.
what is "RSTS"?
Oh, I'm sorry. RSTS-11 was the name of the operating system and it stood for Resource Sharing Time Sharing system.
Do you remember the SYS() commands, and things like SYS(CHR(-7)+CHR(8)) to disable full duplex for password entry?
Yes, I do remember the infamous SYS() function. You could do all sorts of interesting with it, particularly if you had a 1,* account.
what is "RSTS"?
Oh, I'm sorry. RSTS-11 was the name of the operating system and it stood for Resource Sharing Time Sharing system.
Do you remember the SYS() commands, and things like SYS(CHR(-7)+CHR(8)) to disable full duplex for password entry?
Yes, I do remember the infamous SYS() function. You could do all sorts of interesting with it, particularly if you had a 1,* account.