[pjmlp]

BASIC on the ZX was quite limiting, unless you were already enjoying 128K ZX Basic, or even better on CP/M for the +3A model with integrated floppy drive.

[ikari_pl]

which BASIC for CP/M did you use? (there's a few, and there was no standard, so feature parity is not guaranteed)

[pjmlp]

CP/M already had compilers for BASIC, but I don't recall the name, I only owned a Timex 2068, the 128K were owned by other folks in our group.

[ikari_pl]

I see. I think I've heard that Microsoft's BASIC was fairly popular, and I recently also downloaded BBC BASIC for CP/M - BBC BASIC is widely popular, but the only downside of its good documentation is that it doesn't say which version each thing is supported in.