Toronto, March 25, 2000 -- NS BASIC Corporation announced today the immediate availability of NS Basic/Palm, a complete programming environment for Palm OS devices.

NS Basic/Palm brings BASIC, the most widely used programming language in the world, onto Palm devices. The product features a visual drag and drop interface.

"Because of its short learning curve and power, the enterprise marketplace will definitely be interested in this product," said George Henne, President of NS BASIC, "but its ease of use will also make it a favorite for anyone who ever wanted to write their own applications or games for the Palm."

NS Basic/Palm is a complete, powerful development environment. BASIC programs are written in a visual environment on the desktop, then downloaded to the device.

• Easy to use, standard and structured BASIC
• Over a dozen screen objects
• Create buttons, fields, popups and more
• Serial Communications
• Math and trigonometric function support
• Produces standard Palm apps
• Royalty free
• Built in database support
• Test on the Palm OS Emulator
• Lots of sample code
• 150 page Handbook
• The easiest way to program for Palm and compatible organisers!

NS Basic/Palm runs on Palm OS devices running Palm OS 3.0 or higher, including the Palm III, IIIx, IIIc, V, VII, Visor, Symbol, PDQ and more. Development is done using Windows 95/98/NT or 2K. The price is $99.95 USD, and includes a 150 page Handbook. The product is available for immediate shipment.

About NS BASIC Corporation

NS BASIC is the leader in creating development tools for use on handheld systems. Since 1993, it has created easy to use programming environments for Windows CE, Palm, Newton and others. NS BASIC has customers in over 40 countries, in virtually every business and educational segment.

For further information on NS Basic/Palm, please visit http://www.nsbasic.com/palm. For orders, call 1 888 NS BASIC (24 hours).

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Links:

Product Information:http://www.nsbasic.com/palm
Tour: http://www.nsbasic.com/palm/info/Tour.html
FAQ: http://www.nsbasic.com/palm/info/faq.html
Specifications: http://www.nsbasic.com/palm/info/Specifications.html