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'''BASIC toolkits''' (aka '''BASIC extensions''') were a common type of program for 1980s 8-bit [[home computer]]s. Generally third-party extensions, they added additional features to a computer's built-in [[BASIC programming language|BASIC]] [[interpreter (computing)|interpreter]].
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==Technical concept==
Toolkits ran as extensions to the BASIC interpreter supplied with the machine. At the time, such interpreters almost always came programmed into the [[read-only memory|ROM]] of the computer, making it impossible to modify or [[Patch (computing)|patch]] the [[computer code|code]]. It was also extremely rare for manufacturers to offer upgrades or bugfixes except as part of new models of machine.
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*[[Lightning BASIC]] ([[Amstrad PCW]]) – Extension to [[Mallard BASIC]] with many new facilities (see the Mallard BASIC article for details)
*[[Simons' BASIC]] ([[Commodore 64]]) – Extension to [[Commodore BASIC|BASIC 2.0]] with 114 extra commands; programmed by a 16-year-old boy and marketed by CBM
*[[Super Expander]] ([[Commodore VIC-20|CBM VIC-20]]) – A combined [[random-access memory|RAM]]-expansion (3 [[kibibyte]]s) and BASIC extension [[
==See also==
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