HP-85 A.K.A Capricorn

[Dieter]

(05-28-2018 11:31 PM)Steve Simpkin Wrote:  My first computer, a 1978 Ohio Scientific Challenger 1P, had an 8K BASIC written by Microsoft. While it did have a fairly complete set of floating point math functions, it was limited to 6-1/2 digits of precision.

Maybe this depends on the definition of "fairly complete". ;-)

The versions of Microsoft BASIC I know of are similar to other common BASIC dialects of the day: the mathematical function set is not even close to what a scientific pocket calculator has to offer.

Which BASIC version supported a complete set of trig functions, several angular modes, angle conversions and other goodies that were standard on pocket calculators? The HP85 did. Any others? In the early 1980s?

Dieter