Color BASIC
| Color BASIC | |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Bill Gates | 
| Developer | Microsoft | 
| First appeared | 1980 | 
| Stable release | Color BASIC 1.3 (1982) Extended Color BASIC ("ECB") (1984) Disk Extended Color BASIC ("DECB") (1984) | 
| Platform | TRS-80 Color Computer | 
Color BASIC is the implementation of Microsoft BASIC that is included in the ROM of the Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computers manufactured between 1980 and 1991. BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a high level language with simple syntax that makes it easy to write simple programs. Color BASIC is interpreted, that is, decoded as it is run.