GFA in GFA-BASIC stands for “Gesellschaft für Automatisierung”, which translates to “Company for Automation”.
Brief overview of GFA-BASIC 32 GFA-BASIC has a long history. The first version was released in 1985 for the Atari ST, followed by a version for the Amiga. Then GFA-BASIC was developed for for the Intel processors: GFA-BASIC for MSDOS, GFA-BASIC for Windows 3.1, and the most recent GFA-BASIC 32 for Windows 95 and later.
GFA BASIC, developed by Frank Ostrowski, originated from GFA Systemtechnik GmbH (later known as GFA Software), a German company based in Kiel and Düsseldorf.