There has been numerous patches of the IBM Basic Compiler V 1.00 available
from bulletin boards but I was never able make them to work when patched
at the same time.
On Dec.8, 1983 I received official letter from IBM including 25 pages of
patches and ways to get around different problems with BASIC Compiler.
These patches include all earlier known patches (fixed) and some more.

Since there is no way I would even attempt to type those on disk I have
patched my compiler with all given patches and extensively tested those out
by compiling several large and complicated programs and so far everything
works fine.

I have created three patch files which include all patches.
You will need the following files to be able to apply all patches:

BASCOM	 TXT	 1462				This file

BASCOM	 PAT	  470				for BASCOM.COM
BASRUN	 PAT	 1648				for BASRUN.EXE
BASLIB	 PAT	  996				for BASCOM.LIB

BASCOM	 COM	41600	5-07-82  12:00p 	Original
BASRUN	 EXE	31744	5-07-82  12:00p 	   unpatched
BASCOM	 LIB   103936	5-07-82  12:00p 	      files

PATCHER  BAS	 2244				Patcher program


The copies of those 25 pages are also available to SYSOP's when you send
me self addressed envelope (9" x 12") with $1.10 stamps on it.  I am
afraid to offer those to everybody since I might end up purchasing a Xerox
machine for myself if I get too many inquiries.

	Kauko J. Laurinolli
	671 Lost Creek Circle
	Stone Mountain, GA 30088

Dec. 28, 1983

** NOTE ** I observed different .PAT file sizes than what is indicated above.
I applied the patches anyway and the resulting files (BASCOM.COM ...) WERE
the indicated  "patched" size - and a test compile did work.