<s>
North	B-Language
Star	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
was	O
a	O
dialect	O
of	O
the	O
BASIC	O
programming	O
language	O
for	O
the	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
8080	I-General_Concept
microprocessor	B-Architecture
used	O
on	O
the	O
North	B-Architecture
Star	I-Architecture
Horizon	I-Architecture
and	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
on	O
other	O
S-100	B-Architecture
bus	I-Architecture
machines	O
of	O
the	O
late	O
1970s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BASIC	B-Language
interpreter	I-Language
was	O
implemented	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Charles	O
A	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
North	B-Language
Star	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
corresponded	O
to	O
in	O
other	O
dialects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
string	O
addressing	O
technique	O
is	O
analogous	O
to	O
the	O
one	O
used	O
in	O
Fortran	B-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
introduced	O
to	O
BASIC	O
with	O
HP	B-Language
Time-Shared	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
and	O
later	O
used	O
on	O
Atari	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
and	O
Sinclair	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Different	O
dialects	O
of	O
BASIC	O
handled	O
this	O
in	O
different	O
ways	O
,	O
the	O
equivalent	O
in	O
Integer	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
and	O
Atari	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
was	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
also	O
added	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
direct-mode	O
commands	O
like	O
to	O
exit	O
BASIC	O
and	O
return	O
to	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
to	O
renumber	O
the	O
lines	O
in	O
the	O
program	O
,	O
and	O
which	O
defined	O
how	O
many	O
nulls	O
to	O
print	O
after	O
pressing	O
return	O
,	O
to	O
use	O
as	O
fill	B-General_Concept
characters	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
other	O
dialects	O
of	O
BASIC	O
were	O
created	O
that	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
and	O
inspired	O
by	O
North	B-Language
Star	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
,	O
such	O
as	O
BaZic	O
(	O
a	O
rewrite	O
of	O
North	B-Language
Star	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
,	O
taking	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
faster	O
Zilog	B-General_Concept
Z80	I-General_Concept
instructions	O
)	O
,	O
Megabasic	O
and	O
S.A.I.L.B.O.A.T.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
a	O
basic	O
optimized	O
for	O
Z80	B-General_Concept
and	O
X86	O
MS-DOS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
these	O
were	O
available	O
for	O
other	O
hardware	O
and	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
CP/M	B-Application
and	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
