Turbo Basic

If the program does any special POKEs to set the cursor location or change colorattributes while running in a window, the screen may not display correctly. However,if you zoom the Run window before execution, the display will be fine. Programsthat output graphics will take over the entire screen.Intermediate Floating-Point, PrecisionBecause Turbo Basic uses the "IEEE standard for floating point, intermediateresults are calculated to full 80-bit precision. Some Interpretive BASIC programshandle limited floating-point precision by adding to certain calculations a "fudgefactor" of 1 to elicit the correct result.. Since Turbo Basic gives you extended precision,code that takes advantage of limited precision arithmetic may have to bemodified.StringsString handling has been enhanced in Turbo Basic. The maximum string lengthhas been.expanded,from 255 to 32,767 characters. Also, the "garbage collection"performed periodically by Interpretive BASIC has been done away with-sothere's no good reason to use FRE intermittently to force this operation.Improved Memory UseTurbo Basic makes all your system's memory available to your programs, withoutthe stingy 64K limitation of Interpretive BASIC. Programs can have an unlimitedamount of code, up to 64K of scalar (nonarray) variables, up to 64K of string data,and an unlimited number of arrays, each up to 64K in length.PEEK and POKE LocationsWhen in graphics mode, text color has been preserved in PEEK/POKE location4E Hex offset in the BASIC data segment. PEEKs and POKEs of other locationsmay have unpredictable results.410 Turbo Basic Owner's Handbook