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===List of prominent dialects=== Tiny BASIC was first published in a newsletter offshoot of the [[People's Computer Company]], a newsletter which became ''[[Dr. Dobb's Journal]]'', a long-lived computing magazine. About ten versions were published in the magazine. {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Prominent dialects of Tiny BASIC (in Dr. Dobb's Journal) |- ! Date published !! Issue !! Dialect !! Author !! Processor !! Size |- | December 1975 || style="text-align:right;" | 1<ref>{{Cite journal |journal=[[Dr. Dobb's Journal|Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia, Running Light Without Overbyte]] |title=Design Note |volume=1 |issue=1 |date=December 1975}}</ref> || Design Note || Dennis Allison || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} |- | February 1976 || style="text-align:right;" | 2<ref name="Tiny BASIC Extended"/> || Tiny BASIC Extended (TBX) || Dick Whipple & John Arnold || [[8080]] || style="text-align:right;" | 2.9K |- | March 1976 || style="text-align:right;" | 3<ref name="Denver Tiny BASIC"/> || Denver Tiny BASIC (DTB) || Fred Greeb || 8080 || style="text-align:right;" | 2.75K |- | March 1976 || style="text-align:right;" | 3<ref>{{Cite journal |journal=[[Dr. Dobb's Journal|Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia, Running Light Without Overbyte]] |title=6800 Tiny BASIC |volume=1 |issue=3 |date=March 1976}}</ref> || 6800 Tiny BASIC (6800TB) || Tom Pittman || [[Motorola 6800|6800]] || style="text-align:right;" | 2K<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ittybittycomputers.com/IttyBitty/TinyBasic/TBuserMan.htm | title=TINY BASIC User Manual+}}</ref> |- | April 1976 || style="text-align:right;" | 4<ref name="MINOL"/> || MINOL || Eric T. Mueller || 8080 || style="text-align:right;" | 1.75K |- | May 1976 || style="text-align:right;" | 5<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wang |first=Li-Chen |author-link=Li-Chen Wang |title=Palo Alto Tiny BASIC |journal=[[Dr. Dobb's Journal|Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia, Running Light Without Overbyte]] |volume=1 |issue=5 |pages=12β25 |date=May 1976}}</ref> || Palo Alto Tiny BASIC (PATB) || Li-Chen Wang || 8080 || style="text-align:right;" | 1.77K |- | November 1976 || style="text-align:right;" | 10<ref name="NIBL">{{Cite journal |journal=[[Dr. Dobb's Journal|Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia, Running Light Without Overbyte]] |title=NIBL |volume=1 |issue=10 |date=November 1976}}</ref> || National Industrial Basic Language (NIBL) || Mark Alexander & Steve Leininger || [[SC/MP]] || style="text-align:right;" | 4K |- | October 1980 || style="text-align:right;" | 49<ref>{{Cite journal |journal=[[Dr. Dobb's Journal|Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia, Running Light Without Overbyte]] |title=Enhanced & Modified 6800 Tiny BASIC |date=October 1980}}</ref> || Enhanced 6800 Tiny BASIC || Robert Hudson || 6800 || {{N/A}} |- | February 1985 || style="text-align:right;" | 100<ref>{{Cite journal |journal=[[Dr. Dobb's Journal|Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia, Running Light Without Overbyte]] |title=TBI68K |date=February 1985}}</ref> || TBI68K || Gordon Brandly || [[68000]] || {{N/A}} |- | January 2006 || style="text-align:right;" | 351<ref>{{Cite journal |journal=[[Dr. Dobb's Journal|Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia, Running Light Without Overbyte]] |title=Return of Tiny BASIC |date=January 2006}}</ref> || Return of Tiny BASIC || Tom Pittman || {{N/A}} ([[C (programming language)|C]]) || {{N/A}} |} TBX was also known as Texas Tiny BASIC.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Texas Tiny BASIC (TBX) Marries TV-Cassette Operating System (TVCOS) |journal=[[Dr. Dobb's Journal|Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia, Running Light Without Overbyte]] |volume=1 |issue=5 |pages=28β31 |date=May 1976}}</ref> Both [[SCELBAL]]<ref name="SCELBAL">{{cite magazine |magazine=Dr. Dobb's Journal |date=February 1976 |title=SCELBAL β A Higher Level Language for 8008/8080 Systems |first1=Mark |last1=Arnold |first2=Nat |last2=Wadsworth |url=https://archive.org/details/dr_dobbs_journal_vol_01/page/n31/mode/2up |pages=30β53}}</ref> and 6800 Tiny BASIC were announced in the magazine but did not publish their source code.
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