Editing Atari Microsoft BASIC (section)

{{distinguish|Atari BASIC}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = Atari Microsoft BASIC
| logo                   = <!--  Commented out: [[File:Atari logo.gif|40px]] -->
| screenshot             = 
| caption                =
| developer              = [[Microsoft]], [[Atari, Inc.]]
| discontinued           = yes
| latest_release_version = 2.0
| latest_release_date    = {{Start date and age|1982}}
| platform               = [[Atari 8-bit computers]]
| size                   = 27&nbsp;KB
| genre                  = [[Microsoft BASIC]]
| license                = Copyright © 1981, 1982 Microsoft Corp. [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
}}
The '''''Atari Microsoft BASIC''''' and '''''Atari Microsoft BASIC II''''' variants of the [[MOS 6502|6502]]-version of [[Microsoft BASIC]] [[Porting|ported]] to the [[Atari 8-bit computers]]. The first version, released 1981, required 32&nbsp;KB of [[random access memory|RAM]] and was supplied on [[floppy disk]]. The second version, released the next year, had most of the code on a [[ROM cartridge]] with additional functions on an optional floppy.

Atari Microsoft BASIC was highly compatible with contemporary BASICs like [[Applesoft BASIC]] and [[Commodore BASIC]], in contrast to their own [[Atari BASIC]] which was a somewhat different dialect and incompatible in many ways. Like Atari BASIC, Atari Microsoft BASIC included a number of new commands and features to take advantage of the Atari platform. These were only partially compatible with the similar features of Atari BASIC.