From: Starting Up the Amstrad: Your First BASIC Commands
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How can you try this coding language today?

You do not need to buy a dusty keyboard from the 1980s to experience Amstrad BASIC. You can run a free emulator in your web browser. This turns your modern computer into a virtual Amstrad CPC.

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Search for an 'online Amstrad CPC emulator'. Open it, type 10 PRINT 'HELLO WORLD' and press enter. Then type 20 GOTO 10, press enter, and type RUN. Watch your screen fill with endless greetings.

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The RUN command executes a saved sequence of numbered lines.
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Amstrad BASIC was built directly into the computer's physical memory chip.
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The PRINT command is the most basic way to output data in Amstrad BASIC.
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