Locomotive BASIC

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BASIC dialect programming language interpreter

Locomotive BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language designed for and built into Amstrad home computers, noted for its speed and advanced features for its time.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Locomotive BASIC canonical	4
Locomotive BASIC 1.1	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5558976 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Locomotive BASIC
Context triple: [Amstrad CPC, primaryLanguage, Locomotive BASIC]

A. Dartmouth BASIC
Dartmouth BASIC is the original implementation of the BASIC programming language, developed at Dartmouth College in the 1960s to make computing more accessible to students and non-specialists.
B. BASICs
BASICs are the key safety performance measures used by the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to evaluate and monitor motor carriers and drivers under its Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.
C. BBC BASIC
BBC BASIC is a variant of the BASIC programming language developed by Acorn Computers in the early 1980s, notable for its speed, structured programming features, and widespread use on BBC Micro computers in UK education.
D. Microsoft BASIC
Microsoft BASIC is a family of early, widely distributed implementations of the BASIC programming language created by Microsoft for microcomputers in the 1970s and 1980s.
E. GW-BASIC
GW-BASIC is an early Microsoft dialect of the BASIC programming language, widely used on DOS systems in the 1980s for learning programming and creating simple applications and games.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Locomotive BASIC
Target entity description: Locomotive BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language designed for and built into Amstrad home computers, noted for its speed and advanced features for its time.

A. Dartmouth BASIC
Dartmouth BASIC is the original implementation of the BASIC programming language, developed at Dartmouth College in the 1960s to make computing more accessible to students and non-specialists.
B. BASICs
BASICs are the key safety performance measures used by the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to evaluate and monitor motor carriers and drivers under its Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.
C. BBC BASIC
BBC BASIC is a variant of the BASIC programming language developed by Acorn Computers in the early 1980s, notable for its speed, structured programming features, and widespread use on BBC Micro computers in UK education.
D. Microsoft BASIC
Microsoft BASIC is a family of early, widely distributed implementations of the BASIC programming language created by Microsoft for microcomputers in the 1970s and 1980s.
E. GW-BASIC
GW-BASIC is an early Microsoft dialect of the BASIC programming language, widely used on DOS systems in the 1980s for learning programming and creating simple applications and games.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	BASIC dialect ⓘ programming language interpreter ⓘ
basedOn	BASIC ⓘ
bundledWith	Amstrad CPC464 ⓘ linked to: Amstrad CPC Amstrad CPC6128 ⓘ linked to: Amstrad CPC Amstrad CPC664 ⓘ linked to: Amstrad CPC Amstrad PC1512 ⓘ Amstrad PCW8256 ⓘ linked to: Amstrad PCW Amstrad PCW8512 ⓘ linked to: Amstrad PCW
designedFor	Amstrad CPC ⓘ Amstrad PC1512 ⓘ Amstrad PCW ⓘ
developer	Locomotive Software ⓘ
executionEnvironment	ROM ⓘ
hasKeyword	APPEND ⓘ CALL ⓘ CHAIN ⓘ CLEAR ⓘ CLOSEIN ⓘ CLOSEOUT ⓘ DRAW ⓘ EDIT ⓘ ELSE ⓘ ENV ⓘ FOR ⓘ GOSUB ⓘ GOTO ⓘ IF ⓘ INPUT ⓘ LIST ⓘ LOAD ⓘ MEMORY ⓘ MODE ⓘ NEXT ⓘ ON ERROR GOTO ⓘ OPENIN ⓘ OPENOUT ⓘ PLOT ⓘ PRINT ⓘ RETURN ⓘ RUN ⓘ SAVE ⓘ SOUND ⓘ THEN ⓘ
influenced	Amstrad CPC software ecosystem ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	fast tokenized interpreter ⓘ good balance between ease of use and power for 8-bit era ⓘ tight integration with Amstrad firmware ⓘ
notedFor	advanced features for 8-bit home computers ⓘ high execution speed for its time ⓘ
primaryUserInterface	command-line interpreter ⓘ
programmingParadigm	imperative programming ⓘ procedural programming ⓘ
supportsFeature	disk file I/O ⓘ error trapping ⓘ floating-point arithmetic ⓘ graphics commands ⓘ inline assembler (via CALL to machine code) ⓘ integer arithmetic ⓘ memory bank switching (on supported models) ⓘ multi-line IF statements ⓘ named procedures ⓘ procedures with parameters ⓘ sound commands ⓘ string handling ⓘ structured IF...THEN...ELSE ⓘ tape file I/O ⓘ user-defined functions ⓘ
targetPlatform	16-bit IBM PC compatible ⓘ 8-bit home computer ⓘ
textEncoding	ASCII-compatible character set ⓘ
typicalDistribution	built into ROM of Amstrad machines ⓘ
usedFor	educational software on Amstrad computers ⓘ games development on Amstrad CPC ⓘ home programming ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amstrad CPC → primaryLanguage → Locomotive BASIC ⓘ

CPC464 → builtInLanguage → Locomotive BASIC ⓘ

CPC6128 → operatingSystem → Locomotive BASIC 1.1 ⓘ

linked to: Locomotive BASIC

CPC6128 → builtInLanguage → Locomotive BASIC ⓘ

CPC664 → operatingSystem → Locomotive BASIC ⓘ

CPC664 → basicInterpreter → Locomotive BASIC 1.1 ⓘ