Unsourced image removed Image Qb icon.PNG right Infobox programming language name QuickBASIC logo Image QuickBasic Opening Screen.png 300px The opening screen of QuickBasic. paradigm year 1985 1988 designer ... Microsoft MS EULA website http www.microsoft.com www.microsoft.com Microsoft QuickBASIC also QB or incorrectly ... for the BASIC programming language that was developed by Microsoft Corporation Microsoft . QuickBASIC ... marketed QuickBASIC as the introductory level for their BASIC Professional Development System. ref Early Microsoft documentation rendered the name exclusively as QuickBASIC , although later references on Microsoft s Web site also use QuickBasic . ref History Microsoft released the first version of QuickBASIC on August 18, 1985 on a single 5.25 360kB floppy disk . QuickBASIC version 2.0 and later contained ... text editor. Although still supported in QuickBASIC, line numbers became optional. Program jumps also ... of QuickBASIC was version 4.5 1988 , although development of the Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System PDS continued until its last release of version 7.1 in October 1990. ref QuickBASIC ... 5.25 disks or two 3.5 disks. ref At the same time, the QuickBASIC packaging was silently changed so ... 65291 Microsoft Knowledge Base article 65291 ref The Basic PDS 7.x version of the IDE was called QuickBASIC ... 2. The successor to QuickBASIC and Basic PDS was Visual Basic for MS DOS 1.0, shipped in Standard ... concentrated on Windows applications. A subset of QuickBASIC 4.5, named QBasic , was included with MS ... to QuickBASIC, QBasic is limited to an interpreter only, lacks a few functions, can only handle ... by a QuickBASIC 4.5, PDS 7.x or VBDOS 1.0 compiler, if available. QuickBASIC 1.00 for the Macintosh ... running System 6 with at least 1 MB of RAM. ref http support.microsoft.com kb 31937 QuickBASIC for Macintosh system requirements ref QuickBASIC could also be run on System 7 , as long as 32 bit ... QuickBASIC continues to be used in some schools, usually as part of an introduction to programming ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale Description Sample screenshot of Microsoft QuickBasic opening screen, created on February 15, 2007, using DOSBox . Source User Ozzmosis Article QuickBasic Portion screen Low resolution yes, it s just coloured monospaced text Purpose The purpose of this image is to give a visual representation of the general look of Microsoft QuickBasic. The program is character based, mostly historical and not in wide usage. The image should be allowed, as it helps people understand the conceptual look of the program in addition to the image being of limited resolution and clearly not being used to cause any damage to Microsoft. Replaceability other information Licensing Non free software screenshot ... more details
sound and graphics support. History QB64 was originally compiled with QuickBASIC 4.5. After significant development, Galleon, the developer, became hindered by QuickBASIC s memory limitations and switched ... QB64 s syntax is designed to be completely backwards compatible with QuickBASIC. Line number s are not required ... . As in QuickBASIC, Bitwise operation bitwise and logical operation s are combined, and true is represented ... with any names that may be used in a QuickBASIC program. QB64 extends the QuickBASIC language ... 480 offered by QuickBASIC, ref cite web url http www.qbasicnews.com qboho qckadvr.m111213.shtml ... has the option to include a library of their own through the INCLUDE command just as QuickBasic ... more details
program program s written for QuickBASIC . Many programs written for QuickBASIC will compile and run ..., specifically that of QuickBASIC . Although the syntax attempts to stay compatible with its predecessor ... code begin with code code and end with code code . Compatibility FreeBASIC is a successor to the QuickBASIC ... to use a QuickBASIC compatible language, the lang option set was created. When choosing Language ..., and the hackish features from QuickBASIC that were incompatible with modern programming practices ... is similar to lang fblite , but is more focused on specifically replicating QuickBASIC like behavior. lang qb is designed to make it easier to run programs originally written for QuickBASIC, and is useful in cases where lang fblite is not compatible enough. Example code As in QuickBASIC , a program ... automatically. source Graphics library FreeBASIC has a built in 2D, QuickBASIC compatible, software ..., lines, and circles , blitting , and more features which were not in QuickBASIC s graphics library ... more details
Letter NumberCombination QA QC PB RB QB can refer to Quarterback , a position in American and Canadian football Queen s Bench , a legal term defining court cases Quest Beat , a game software label QuickBASIC , a programming language Sky Georgia s IATA code Queensbridge, Queens Queens . The borough of Queens. Queens Boulevard , a street in the Queens borough of New York City ATCvet code QB Blood and blood forming organs , a section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System for veterinary medicinal products Quebec is sometimes abbreviated as QB, although its official postal code is QC QuickBooks , accounting software See also Cuby & the Blizzards 1992 QB1 , a dwarf planet in the vicinity of Pluto disambig de QB es QB fa QB fr QB ko QB it QB sw QB ja QB fi Qb ... more details
Orphan date February 2008 Arrowbridge II is a freeware BBS Door written in Quickbasic by Mark Sinclair . The game was written as a sequel to the original BBS Door, Arrowbridge I . Players can select from one of six character classes. Players will need to explore the extensive land and descend into the multi level dungeons and dragon lairs. Players can joust each other, build castles, perform special missions, gather hints from NPC s, search for the magical orb fragments, and encounter other sleeping players. Arrowbridge II also features the capability of game coordinators creating their own lands, dungeons, missions and hints using a custom Map Editor. The game also has an inter bbs option, where players can raise armies to invade player armies on other Bulletin Board Systems. Games by Mark Sinclair Mark Sinclair has written the following games Arrowbridge I, http www.redaxe.com abr2.htm Arrowbridge II , TombMaster Browser MMORPG, published in 2000 , http www.timehunter.com Time Hunter Browser MMORPG, published in 2002 , http www.dragontide.com Dragon Tide Browser MMORPG, published in 2005 Category Door games Category Role playing video games Rpg videogame stub Online game stub ... more details
was intended as a replacement for GW BASIC . It was based on the earlier Microsoft QuickBASIC compiler QuickBASIC 4.5 compiler but without QuickBASIC s compiler and linker elements. Version 1.0 ... more details
operating system s. Microsoft BASIC Microsoft BASICA BASICA , GW BASIC , QuickBasic , QBasic is no longer ... Microsoft QuickBASIC compiler QuickBASIC PC DOS MS DOS on IBM PC and compatibles TRS 80 BASIC ... Terminal with AGL graphics extensions FreeBASIC a free clone of the QuickBasic system. Gambas free ... more details
Microsoft Pascal was an implementation of the Pascal programming language that was developed by the Microsoft Corporation for compiler compiling programs for running on its MS DOS operating system and, in later versions, on OS 2 like many other Microsoft programming tools albeit they were only capable of generating 16 bit programs for the latter . Microsoft Pascal version 3.2 was released in 1986. The last version of Microsoft Pascal to be released was version 4.0 in 1988, when Microsoft Pascal was superseded by the somewhat short lived Microsoft QuickPascal , a cheaper development tool that Microsoft produced in order to compete with Borland s Turbo Pascal . Microsoft Pascal was priced at around 400, whereas QuickPascal was priced between 25 and 50, and the differences between the two were similar to those between Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System and Microsoft QuickBASIC . Unlike the ISO compliant Microsoft Pascal product, QuickPascal went after the ultimate compatibility with Turbo Pascal. This included not only source level compatibility, but rather complete binary compatibility with widely available unit libraries for the competitor s compiler. To achieve this level of compatibility, QuickPascal moved away from the common file format OBJ and tool set LINK, LIB shared by Microsoft s other compilers. References cite web accessdate April 13, 2005 url http groups.google.com group comp.lang.basic.misc msg b1d69edc93558b62 title Usenet post by Tom Hanlin work Google Groups cite web accessdate April 13, 2005 url http www.emsps.com oldtools msver.htm pascal title Microsoft compiler and operating system detailed versions information work Old Software Bought and Sold, EMS Professional software Jon Udell, Crash of the Object Oriented Pascals, BYTE, July, 1989. M.I.Trofimov, The End of Pascal?, BYTE, March, 1990, p. 36. Pascal programming language family Category Microsoft development tools Pascal Category Pascal programming language family compu lang st ... more details
restraints are due to the engine originally being written in QuickBasic, and thus having terrible ... after this, the engine was successfully Porting ported from QuickBasic to FreeBasic. The OHRRPGCE ... more details
RBBS PC acronym for Remote Bulletin Board System for the Personal Computer was a public domain , open source Bulletin Board System BBS software program. It was written entirely in QuickBASIC by a large team of people, starting with Russell Lane and then later enhanced by Tom Mack and including Ken Goosens and others. It supported messaging conferences, questionnaires , BBS door doors through the tt DOORDEF.DAT tt dropfile , and much more. History In 1982 , Larry Jordan of the Capital PC Users Group started modifying some existing BBS software that had been ported from CP M by Russell Lane ref http jordannctoal.homestead.com RBBS PChistory.html RBBS PC History ref . The first major release of this effort, RBBS PC CPC09, in May 1983 was written in interpreted BASIC and included the Xmodem file transfer protocol added by Jordan. In June, 1983, Jordan turned over maintenance and enhancements to Tom Mack and Ken Goosens. The first release under Mack, version 10.0, was released July 4, 1983. New versions and features were released steadily through out the rest of the 80 s. The final complete version, 17.4, was released March 22, 1992. Since version 17.4 at least four other code paths have developed. Some work has been done to unify the code paths and to develop version 18.0 ref http netmation.com org rbbs.htm RBBS Bulletin Board System ref . Dan Drinnons CDOR Mods and Mapleleaf versions were further enhanced by Beta testers Mike Moore and Bob Manapeli using Ken Goosens LineBled program to manipulate the source code to endless variations of the program. Philosophy From the beginning of RBBS PC s development, the authors of the software had two goals as stated in the ftp ftp.simtel.net pub simtelnet msdos rbbs r174 doc.zip RBBS PC documentation To show what could be done with the BASIC language and that real programmers can do program in BASIC. To open a new medium of communication where anyone with a personal computer the ability to communicate freely. This idea was summar ... more details
Notability date June 2008 Infobox Software name Physics Plot logo Image Physics plot icon.png 25px screenshot Image PhysicsPlotScreenshot.png 250px caption A screenshot of Physics Plot displaying the pulse height spectrum for sup 60 sup Co. developer Charles D. Spencer latest release version latest release date operating system Microsoft Windows Windows genre List of information graphics software Technical computing license Proprietary software Proprietary website http www.webassign.net pas physics plot physics plot.html Physics Plot Product Page Physics Plot is a software package designed for plotting scientific data. The software was developed by Dr. Charles D. Spencer retired professor of physics at Ithaca College and his students. The software is marketed by Physics Academic Software. The program offers autoscaling, least square fitting, data manipulation, and function plotting. ref http www.webassign.net pas physics plot physics plot.html Physics Plot Bot generated title ref History Development of Physics Plot began in the early 1980 s. It was originally written using a combination of FORTRAN and machine code and ran on Technical Education Centers graphics hardware for S 100 bus computers IMSAI 8080 . The software was eventually re written using QuickBASIC so that it could run on 80286 PCs. Development then migrated to VisualBasic VisualBASIC to allow for a graphical user interface. ref http www.ithaca.edu faculty spencer physics 20plot 20history.html Physics Plot History Bot generated title ref Physics Plot was first made available for commercial sale in 1999 by http www.webassign.net pas Physics Academic Software . ref http www.ithaca.edu icq 2000v1 chron11.htm Ithaca College Quarterly ref External links http www.webassign.net pas physics plot physics plot.html Physics Plot Product Page http www.aip.org pas Physics Academic Software http departments.ithaca.edu physics Ithaca College Physics Department website http www.ithaca.edu faculty spencer Dr. Spencer s ... more details
Brutus2D is a game programming language developed using Visual Basic , VBScript and DirectX . It is aimed at the amateur programmer who is interested in learning more about programming & game development . Simple 2D games can be developed in Brutus2D and with the aid of an additional Plug in computing plugin , 3D games can also be created. Infobox programming language name Brutus2D logo Image Brutus2D Wikipedia Logo.png Brutus2D Wikipedia Logo paradigm Procedural language Procedural year 2004 developer Guilect latest release version v1.8.7 latest release date 11 February 2009 dialects BASIC influenced by QuickBASIC , GW BASIC GW BASIC operating system Microsoft Windows Windows website http pewtersoftware.com wordpress Platform Brutus2D was designed using Microsoft Visual Basic and runs on Windows 2000 , Windows XP & Windows Vista . Syntax Brutus2D has two distinctive Syntax of programming languages syntaxes , the first is Vbscript VBScript and is similar in style to traditional BASIC Basic . The second is JScript which is Microsoft s Programming language dialect dialect of ECMAScript . Functions & Procedures Function 28computer science 29 Functions & procedures are supported in Brutus2D. Sound & Music Support for Sound effects Sound Effects using Wav files & the following 2 types of music format, Ogg & Midi can be found in Brutus2D. Example pre option explicit dim Font1 dim bRunning bRunning True sub main if graphics.initialize True then exit sub key.initialize Font1 graphics.createFont System , 14 do while bRunning True if key.pressed 1 or key.pressed 0 True then bRunning False graphics.clear 255 graphics.settext Hello world , 10,10,Font1 graphics.display loop key.terminate graphics.terminate end sub Call Main pre The code above will display a Window 28computing 29 window on the screen & print Hello world in it. Truevision3D Plugin By using the Truevision3D plugin you can create 3D environments using Brutus2D. Network Support Brutus2D also has support for network p ... more details
Primary sources date February 2010 In computing , Microsoft Binary Format MBF was a format for floating point numbers used in Microsoft s BASIC language products including MBASIC , QuickBasic and GW BASIC . ref Cite web title IEEE vs. Microsoft Binary Format Rounding Issues Complete publisher Microsoft Support date November 21, 2006 url http support.microsoft.com kb 35826 accessdate February 24, 2010 ref MBF double precision numbers consist of a sign bit , an eight bit exponent and a 55 bit significand , providing slightly more precison than the IEEE 754 format, but less scale. ref Cite web title IEEE vs. Microsoft Binary Format Rounding Issues Complete publisher Microsoft Support date November 21, 2006 url http support.microsoft.com kb 35826 accessdate February 24, 2010 ref ref Cite web title Need to access MBF Microsoft Binary Format data publisher Experts Exchange date December 11, 2001 url http www.experts exchange.com Programming Languages Pascal Delphi Q 20245266.html accessdate February 24, 2010 ref By the time Visual Basic was released, the IEEE 754 standard had become widely adopted for example, it was incorporated into Intel s 387 coprocessor and every x86 processor from the 486 on. Visual Basic uses the IEEE 754 format instead of MBF. See also Microsoft http support.microsoft.com kb 140520 provides a 16 bit dynamic link library with C programming language C source code containing functions to convert MBF data to IEEE 754. http coding.derkeiler.com Archive Python comp.lang.python 2005 08 msg03951.html MBF to IEEE function written in Python programming language Python http www.experts exchange.com Programming Languages Pascal Delphi Q 20245266.html MBF to IEEE conversion functions in C C stolen from old Microsoft supported code. See also Portal Computer Science div style column count 3 moz column count 3 webkit column count 3 Floating point IEEE 754 Standard for Binary Floating Point Arithmetic IBM Floating Point Architecture div Notes and references Reflis ... more details
web 20071023135444 http www.vplanetmag.com ruview19.shtml V Planet QuickBasic Magazine Download ... http www.vplanetmag.com guide15.shtml V Planet QuickBasic Magazine Game Guides Columns v1.1, Making ... web 20080403000308 http www.vplanetmag.com ruview14.shtml V Planet QuickBasic Magazine Download Suds ... more details
Infobox software name Virtual Advanced logo screenshot caption developer Roland De Graaf latest release version 2.10 latest release date latest preview version latest preview date operating system MS DOS OS 2 platform genre Bulletin board system license Proprietary software Proprietary website http www.virtualc.com defunct VBBS is an acronym for Virtual Bulletin Board System . It was a shareware bulletin board system BBS for DOS and later OS 2 that was conceived by Roland De Graaf in 1990. Written from scratch in QuickBASIC , it developed a loyal following. Originally it was a door for WWIV , but quickly grew into an original BBS concept on its own. By 1993, there were thousands of computers running VBBS around the world. VirtualNET, the largest VBBS message network, had close to 1500 members by version 6.14 in 1993. Up to this time, VBBS remained shareware , but in 1994 Roland released version 7.0 as a commercial product. The lifetime registrations of prior versions were not honored for this version and required anyone who wished to use this version to pay. While some did decide to pay again for the upgrade, others became unsatisfied and began looking for other alternatives. There would not be another release of VBBS. Instead, Roland switched gears again in 1995. He released Virtual Advanced VADV as the successor to VBBS. VADV contained many improvements to the old system. One notable feature was a much more powerful scripting language. It was a step forward for the software but once again SysOps were required to purchase the new software. Virtual Advanced would finally reach version 2.10. This version along with its companion, the Virtual Internet Survivor Kit VISK v1.30, would show that it indeed was advanced for its time. With the growing trend of the Internet, VADV now supported features such as POP3 , SMTP , NNTP , WWW and Finger Unix Finger . Ultimately, with the rise of the Internet , costs of upgrades and tensions within the support network, Virtual Advance ... more details
advert date September 2010 refimprove date September 2010 Infobox Software logo Image DHPOS Logo.png 100px center name Cash Register POS Dale Harris POS screenshot Image DHPOS639b Screenshot.PNG 300px caption Screenshot of Version 7.0 developer Dale Harris latest release version 7.0 latest release date release date 2008 09 14 operating system Microsoft Windows br Linux under Wine software Wine website http www.dhpos.com DHPOS.com licence Freeware genre Business Cash Register POS , also known as DHPOS after its creator Dale Harris, is a freeware free Point of sale software program written in QuickBasic . Purpose DHPOS is freeware software that will convert any DOS or Windows computer into a fully functional cash register point of sale POS system. This project was originally started 2001 by Dale Harris as a way to alleviate boredom one summer and to prove to himself that he could write a better POS system than the professionally written POS software that he was forced to use in the chain store at which he worked ref http dhpos.com discuss phpBB2 viewtopic.php?t 816&sid e09e72d976e945a5401188d896321449 The Story behind DHPOS, How it was Born ref . After completing the software he uploaded it to his website for anyone to download for free. Interest was immediate. Soon users worldwide were downloading the software and emailing him with suggestions for new features and other ways to improve it. Many of these suggestions have been added to the software and new versions come out with new features several times a year as of 2009 . The project continues because, according to its author, it is needed. While large corporations can afford to pay for expensive POS software many small and medium enterprises cannot. A plain cash register may be affordable for them but it will not provide the information that modern businesses must have to compete. The current version 2009 of the software has hundreds of features that make it suitable for most small to medium enterprises. The major ... more details
Infobox programming language name Basic4GL logo Image Basic4GL Banner.jpg Basic4GL Logo paradigm Procedural language Procedural year 2002 developer Tom Mulgrew latest release version v2.5.8 latest release date 31 December 2008 dialects BASIC influenced by QuickBASIC , GW BASIC GW BASIC operating system Microsoft Windows Windows , Linux license Gpl website http www.basic4gl.net Basic4GL is an interpreted language interpreted , open source version of the BASIC programming language which also features support for 3D computer graphics using OpenGL . While being interpreted, it is also able to Compiler compile the users programs on top of the virtual machine to produce executable programs. It uses a syntax of programming languages syntax similar to traditional dialects of BASIC and features an integrated development environment IDE and a very thorough and comprehensive Debugger . Basic4GL is not designed to compete with programming languages such as C it was intended to replace older languages such as QBasic or GFA BASIC . Basic4GL features the usual commands that you would expect to find in a version of BASIC such as... PRINT INPUT GOSUB It also includes a few features that C programming language C programmers will be familiar with, such as support for pointers , struct ures and most importantly the entire OpenGL v1.1 Api API . Platform Basic4GL was designed to run on the Microsoft Windows Windows operating system but a version is being developed for Linux . Example syntaxhighlight lang basic4gl Dim A For A 0 To 4 Printr Hello A Next syntaxhighlight When the above code is entered into Basic4GL and executed, you should see the following output on your monitor screen. pre Hello 0 Hello 1 Hello 2 Hello 3 Hello 4 pre Support for sound and music When Basic4GL was first released it could only play sounds but in 2006 support for music was added using the Open Al sound engine but later replaced with Audiere . Functions and subroutines When Basic4GL was first released it had no ... more details
This is a list of Apple Macintosh software published by Microsoft . Prior to 1994, Microsoft had an extensive range of actively developed Macintosh software. In 1994, Microsoft stopped development of most of its Mac applications until a new version of Office in 1998, after the creation of the new Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit the year prior. Expand list date August 2008 Pre Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit 1984 1998 Microsoft BASIC ref http www.emsps.com oldtools msbasv.htm basicinterpretermac Microsoft BASIC version information Bot generated title ref Version 1.0 Version 3.0 1984 1986 Microsoft Multiplan 1984 Microsoft Excel Version 1.0 1985 , 1.5 1988 , 2.2 1989 , 3.0 1990 , 4.0 1992 , 5.0 1993 Microsoft Word Version 1.0 1985 , 3.0 1987 , 4.0 1989 , 5.x 1991 , 6.0 1993 Microsoft Write 1.0 1987 Microsoft Works Versions 1.0 to 4.0 1986 1994 Microsoft Flight Simulator Version 1.0 1986 , 4.0 1991 ref http www.volny.cz havlikjosef timelineenglish.htm Flight Simulator History Website Timeline Bot generated title ref Microsoft PowerPoint Version 1.0 1987 , 2.0 1988 , 3.0 1992 , 4.0 1994 QuickBASIC Version 1.0 1988 Microsoft Project Versions 1.0 to 4.0 1991 1993 Microsoft Art Gallery 1993 Microsoft Dinosaurs 1993 Microsoft FoxPro 2 Version 2.6 1994 Microsoft Bookshelf Version 4.0 1994 Ghostwriter Mysteries for Creative Writer The Case of the Blue Makva 1994 Microsoft Cinemania Version 94, 95, 96, 97 1994 1996 Microsoft Creative Writer 1994 Microsoft Dangerous Creatures 1994 Microsoft Fine Artist 1994 Microsoft Musical Instruments 1994 Microsoft Arcade 1995 Microsoft Dogs 1995 Microsoft Encarta Version 95 1995 The Magical School Bus 1995 Explores Bugs Explores in the Age of the Dinosaurs Explores inside the Earth Explores the Human Body Explores the Ocean Explores the Rainforest Explores the Solar System Microsoft Visual C Pro Cross Development for Mac 4.0 1995 Microsoft Wine Guide 1995 Internet Explorer for Mac Versions 2.0 5.2.3 1996 2003 Microsoft Music Central 96 ... more details
This article refers to the game. For the series, see Star Wraith computer game series Star Wraith 1999 2000 was the first game made by Star Wraith 3D Games with the title Star Wraith as well as the first game of the Star Wraith series. It superseded Raven and Star Wolf, the third and fourth official games made by SW3DG respectively. ref http spacecombat.org SW3DG History ref While its predecessors were written in QuickBasic , Star Wraith was written entirely in DarkBasic . Star Wraith is now almost nonexistent on the internet as it has been made all but obsolete by newer titles. Graphics Star Wraith was the first SW3DG game to feature the 3D radar display present in all current games. It also had fully animated explosions and 3D textured models. Like Star Wolf, there wasn t a cockpit, allowing for better graphics elsewhere. Gameplay Star Wraith featured a fully random campaign. It generated random missions with random numbers of ships. The player was allowed to change the number of ships in his her fleet, and the number of ships in the fleet changed the difficulty of the missions generated smaller fleets meant easier missions . In addition to the random campaign, the player is allowed to play a mode called instant action , which has three modes Create mission Allows player to set basic parameters to generate a level. Freeflight Allows player to fly around in empty space with no enemies. Gauntlet Test of how many randomly generated flights the player can survive. There are also a number of types of missions for each flight Strike Basic fight between two fleets Joint Strike Fight between two allied fleets and one enemy fleet Bomb Just like strike, except the player drives a different ship called the F 144C B, which is slower and equipped with two nuclear missiles. The player can destroy the enemy capital ship using these missiles however, since Star Wraith lacks a score system, doing so has no effect on the game. Defend Player has to intercept a number of missiles bef ... more details
Infobox programming language name GW BASIC logo Image GW BASIC 3.23.png 200px GW BASIC 3.23 paradigm year 1983 designer developer Microsoft for Compaq latest release version 3.23 latest release date 1988 typing implementations dialects influenced by IBM Cassette BASIC , IBM Disk BASIC , IBM BASICA influenced QBasic , QuickBasic current version operating system DOS license website GW BASIC was a dialect of the programming language BASIC developed by Microsoft from IBM BASICA BASICA , originally for Compaq . It is compatible with Microsoft IBM BASICA, but was disk based and did not need the read only memory ROM BASIC. It was bundled with MS DOS operating system s on IBM PC compatible s by Microsoft. Microsoft also sold a BASIC compiler , BASCOM, compatible with GW BASIC, for programs needing more speed. The language was suitable for simple games, business programs and the like. Since it was included with most versions of MS DOS, it was also a low cost way for many would be programmer s to learn the fundamentals of computer programming . ref cite web url http www.geocities.com KindlyRat GWBASIC.html title GW BASIC date accessdate 2009 11 10 author KindlyRat archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20050726081451 http www.geocities.com KindlyRat GWBASIC.html archivedate 2005 07 26 ref ref cite web url http www.geocities.com dos11basic index.htm title GWBASIC Games & Other Programs date accessdate 2009 11 10 author Leon archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20091026132941 http geocities.com dos11basic index.htm archivedate 2009 10 26 ref With the release of MS DOS 5.0, GW BASIC s place was eventually taken by QBasic , a cut down version of the separately available QuickBASIC compiler. ref cite web url http www.emsps.com oldtools msbasv.htm qbasic title Microsoft BASIC version information accessdate 2008 06 12 ref Syntax GW BASIC has a command line based integrated development environment IDE based on Dartmouth BASIC . It also includes function key shortcuts at the bottom of the ... more details
Encyclopedia
top
