<s>
BASIC	B-Language
1.0	I-Language
is	O
the	O
standard	O
BASIC	O
language	O
for	O
Thomson	B-Device
computers	I-Device
(	O
MO5	B-Device
,	O
TO7	B-Device
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
(	O
BASIC-69	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
introduce	O
children	O
from	O
France	O
to	O
programming	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
(	O
see	O
Computing	B-Device
for	I-Device
All	I-Device
,	O
a	O
1985	O
French	O
government	O
plan	O
to	O
introduce	O
computers	O
to	O
the	O
country	O
's	O
11	O
million	O
pupils	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
languages	O
were	O
mainly	O
taught	O
:	O
LSE	B-Language
,	O
BASIC	O
and	O
LOGO	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
School	O
textbooks	O
programs	O
were	O
given	O
in	O
BASIC	B-Language
1.0	I-Language
for	O
Thomson	O
and	O
sometimes	O
in	O
ExelBasic	O
for	O
the	O
Exelvision	B-Device
EXL	I-Device
100	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
came	O
with	O
the	O
TO7	B-Device
computer	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
MO5	B-Device
(	O
released	O
in	O
1984	O
but	O
with	O
smaller	O
ROM	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
instruction	O
set	O
is	O
reduced	O
and	O
the	O
double	O
precision	O
is	O
not	O
implemented	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
interpreter	O
fits	O
in	O
only	O
12	O
KB	O
of	O
ROM	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
16	O
KB	O
on	O
the	O
TO7	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
upgraded	O
version	O
was	O
produced	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
BASIC	O
128	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
TO7-70	B-Device
,	O
TO9	B-Device
,	O
MO5NR	O
and	O
MO6	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
TO8/8D	B-Device
and	O
TO9+	B-Device
,	O
an	O
even	O
more	O
upgraded	O
version	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
BASIC	O
512	O
was	O
provided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BASIC	B-Language
1.0	I-Language
interpreter	O
recognizes	O
the	O
usual	O
commands	O
such	O
as	O
FOR	O
..	O
NEXT	O
,	O
GOSUB	O
..	O
RETURN	O
,	O
IF	O
..	O
THEN	O
ELSE	O
..	O
,	O
and	O
DATA	O
/	O
READ	O
/	O
RESTORE	O
statements	O
.	O
</s>
