<s>
Rocky	B-Language
Mountain	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
(	O
also	O
RMB	O
or	O
RM-BASIC	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
dialect	O
of	O
the	O
BASIC	O
programming	O
language	O
created	O
by	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
several	O
features	O
which	O
are	O
or	O
were	O
unusual	O
in	O
BASIC	O
dialects	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
event-driven	B-Application
operation	I-Application
,	O
extensive	O
external	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
support	O
,	O
complex	O
number	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
matrix	B-Architecture
manipulation	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
origins	O
of	O
Rocky	B-Language
Mountain	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
can	O
be	O
traced	O
to	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
'	O
s	O
facilities	O
in	O
Colorado	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Colorado	O
is	O
located	O
in	O
the	O
Rocky	O
Mountains	O
,	O
this	O
variation	O
of	O
BASIC	O
was	O
dubbed	O
"	O
Rocky	B-Language
Mountain	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
"	O
,	O
to	O
differentiate	O
it	O
from	O
the	O
other	O
BASIC	O
dialects	O
developed	O
within	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
unclear	O
if	O
the	O
Rocky	B-Language
Mountain	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
name	O
was	O
original	O
to	O
HP	O
or	O
came	O
from	O
outside	O
,	O
but	O
HP/Keysight	O
use	O
the	O
term	O
in	O
their	O
own	O
documentation	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
more	O
formal	O
"	O
HP	O
BASIC	O
"	O
product	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HP	B-Device
9830A	I-Device
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
1972	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
9800	O
line	O
programmable	O
calculator	O
line	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
HP	O
computer	O
which	O
fit	O
on	O
a	O
desktop	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
BASIC	B-Language
interpreter	I-Language
in	O
read-only	O
memory	O
(	O
ROM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interpreter	B-Application
could	O
be	O
extended	O
with	O
ROMs	O
for	O
features	O
like	O
mass	O
storage	O
,	O
plotter	O
graphics	O
,	O
string	O
variables	O
and	O
matrix	B-Architecture
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
were	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
HP9826	O
and	O
HP9836	O
computers	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
the	O
leading	O
models	O
of	O
the	O
HP	B-Device
9800	I-Device
series	I-Device
of	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
four	O
of	O
these	O
computers	O
ran	O
versions	O
of	O
Rocky	B-Language
Mountain	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BASIC	O
programming	O
language	O
was	O
chosen	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
already	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
easy	O
for	O
novices	O
;	O
knowledgeable	O
users	O
could	O
also	O
program	O
them	O
in	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
or	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Pascal	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provided	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
(	O
OS	O
)	O
,	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
(	O
editor	B-Application
and	O
debugger	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
language	O
interpreter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
HP	O
implemented	O
RMB	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
HP-UX	B-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
BASIC/UX	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BASIC/WS	O
,	O
BASIC/UX	O
300	O
and	O
BASIC/UX	O
700	O
were	O
last	O
updated	O
to	O
fix	O
Year	B-Error_Name
2000	I-Error_Name
date	I-Error_Name
related	I-Error_Name
issues	I-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP	O
produced	O
an	O
RMB	O
implementation	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
called	O
"	O
HP	O
Instrument	O
BASIC	O
for	O
Windows	O
"	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
never	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
their	O
other	O
RMB	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
company	O
,	O
TransEra	O
of	O
Orem	O
,	O
Utah	O
,	O
created	O
a	O
clone	B-General_Concept
implementation	O
of	O
RMB	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
called	O
"	O
High	B-Language
Tech	I-Language
BASIC	I-Language
"	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
HT	O
BASIC	O
"	O
(	O
now	O
"	O
HTBasic	B-Language
"	O
)	O
,	O
meant	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
IBM	O
PC	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2015	O
,	O
TransEra	O
is	O
still	O
maintaining	O
and	O
updating	O
HTBasic	B-Language
with	O
fixes	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
-	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
is	O
10.0.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
HTBasic	B-Language
is	O
fundamentally	O
an	O
interpreted	B-Application
language	I-Application
,	O
a	O
compiler	B-Language
is	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TAMS	O
licensed	O
BASIC/UX	O
700	O
from	O
Agilent	O
Technologies	O
and	O
ported	O
RMB	O
to	O
both	O
HP-UX	B-Application
11i	O
and	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HP-UX	B-Application
11i	O
implementation	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
BASIC	O
for	O
11i	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
BASIC/UX	O
11i	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP	O
retained	O
BASIC/UX	O
700	O
(	O
E2045C	O
,	O
BASIC	O
for	O
HP-UX	B-Application
10.20	O
)	O
until	O
spinning	O
off	O
their	O
instrument	O
division	O
as	O
Agilent	O
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BASIC/UX	O
700	O
(	O
on	O
HP-UX	B-Application
10.20	O
)	O
product	O
responsibility	O
went	O
with	O
Agilent	O
Technologies	O
,	O
who	O
eventually	O
dropped	O
support	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
