<A HREF="http://www.nsbasic.com">NS BASIC Corporation</A> announced that NS Basic for Palm OS is compatible with the beta version of Palm OS 5. Developers using NS Basic for Palm OS will be able to write programs that will run on the new operating system right away. Backwards compatibility has been preserved. Programs that run on Palm OS 5 based devices will also run on Palm OS 3 and 4 based devices without change, so long as they do not use features unique to Palm OS 5.