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To provide users of the early Signal Processing Systems like the [[P7001|DPO]] a way to control the hardware and to write their own measurement routines, a programming language was needed. The BASIC language was chosen because it was simple and easy to use. The user could modify their own programs without the need of recompiling it. | To provide users of the early Signal Processing Systems like the [[P7001|DPO]] a way to control the hardware and to write their own measurement routines, a programming language was needed. The BASIC language was chosen because it was simple and easy to use. The user could modify their own programs without the need of recompiling it. | ||
[[wikipedia:Dartmouth BASIC]] was used as the basis of all Tek BASIC variants. | [[wikipedia:Dartmouth BASIC|Dartmouth BASIC]] was used as the basis of all Tek BASIC variants. | ||
==1973: APD Basic== | ==1973: APD Basic== |