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Versions of Wang BASIC

The following information was compiled from various Wang data sheets. The picture is blurred, though, because a machine of a particular model could be and often was upgraded to support other commands. For example, a model A CPU could be upgraded to a model B CPU, and the 2200S could have a microcode ROM upgrade to add matrix support.

Below are the lists of commands, statements, and functions available in each standard version of the 2200 CPU.

  • Wang BASIC for the 2200A CPU
  • Wang BASIC for the 2200B CPU
  • Wang BASIC for the 2200C CPU
  • Wang BASIC for the 2200S CPU, found in WCS/10 systems
  • Wang BASIC for the 2200T CPU, found in WCS/20 and WCS/30 systems

This page does not cover BASIC-2. BASIC-2 was developed for the 2200 VP and later CPUs. It is 99% backwards compatible with Wang BASIC, but generalizes the syntax in many cases and adds a number of new commands and capabilities.

Wang 2200A BASIC Commands

Standard BASIC statements

  • COM
  • DATA
  • DEFFN
  • DEFFN'
  • DIM
  • END
  • FOR
  • GOSUB
  • GOSUB'
  • GOTO
  • IF END THEN
  • IF ... THEN
  • %(image)
  • INPUT
  • LET
  • NEXT
  • PRINT
  • PRINTUSING
  • READ
  • REM
  • RESTORE
  • RETURN
  • SELECT
  • STOP
  • TRACE

Standard BASIC functions

  • ABS
  • ARCCOS
  • ARCSIN
  • ARCTAN
  • COS
  • EXP
  • HEX
  • INT
  • LEN
  • LOG
  • RND
  • SGN
  • SIN
  • STR
  • SQR
  • TAB
  • TAN
  • X^N
  • #PI

Standard BASIC commands

  • CLEAR
  • CONTINUE
  • LIST
  • RENUMBER
  • RUN
  • SKIP

I/O BASIC statements

  • BACKSPACE
  • DATALOAD
  • DATARESAVE
  • LOAD
  • REWIND

I/O BASIC commands

  • LOAD
  • SAVE

Wang 2200B BASIC Commands

All 2200A statements, commands, and functions, plus:

Standard BASIC statements

  • ADD
  • AND
  • BIN
  • BOOL
  • CONVERT
  • HEXPRINT
  • INIT
  • KEYIN
  • ON...GOSUB
  • ON...GOTO
  • OR
  • PACK
  • ROTATE
  • UNPACK
  • XOR

Standard BASIC functions

  • NUM
  • POS
  • VAL

I/O BASIC statements

  • PLOT
  • DATALOAD BT
  • DATASAVE BT
  • COPY
  • DATALOAD BA
  • DATALOAD DA
  • DATALOAD DC
  • DATALOAD DC OPEN
  • DATASAVE BA
  • DATASAVE DA
  • DATASAVE DC
  • DATASAVE DC CLOSE
  • DATASAVE DC OPEN
  • DBACKSPACE
  • DSKIP
  • LIMITS
  • LOAD DC
  • MOVE
  • MOVE END
  • SAVE DC
  • SCRATCH
  • SCRATCH DISK
  • VERIFY

I/O BASIC commands

  • LOAD DA
  • SAVE DA

Wang 2200C BASIC Commands

All 2200B statements, commands, and functions, plus:

Standard BASIC statements

  • COM CLEAR
  • DEFFN' HEX
  • ON ERROR
  • RETURN CLEAR

Wang 2200S and WCS/10

All 2200A statements, commands, and functions, plus:

Standard BASIC statements

  • CONVERT
  • HEXPRINT
  • KEYIN
  • ON
  • RETURN CLEAR

Standard BASIC functions

  • VAL
  • NUM

Wang 2200T, WCS/20 and WCS/30

All 2200C statements, commands, and functions, plus these new commands:

Matrix Statements

  • MAT +
  • MAT =
  • MAT IDN
  • MAT INV,d
  • MAT *
  • MAT READ
  • MAT ()*
  • MAT -
  • MAT TRN
  • MAT ZER
  • MAT INPUT
  • MAT PRINT
  • MAT REDIM

Matrix Sort

  • MAT COPY
  • MAT CONVERT
  • MAT MERGE
  • MAT SEARCH
  • MAT MOVE
  • MAT SORT

General I/O

  • $GIO
  • $IF ON
  • $PACK
  • $UNPACK
  • $TRAN