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Writing programs for DOS

Post by Dan » Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:32 am

I know this is slightly off topic, but i hoped some of you guys might know:

What software do i need to write programmes to run in DOS?

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Post by Andrew » Mon Dec 20, 2004 2:58 pm

You've got one example right here - Dale uses QuickBASIC, an old Microsoft tool found in several places on the net.

If you get version 4.5 or 7.1 you will be able to make your programs into EXE program files like DHPOS. 7.1 was the last version released, there is not much difference between 4.5 and 7.1 aside from a few advanced commands which many won't notice anyway.

I use 7.1 just because it's nice to buck the trend - most people get 4.5, it must be easier to find or something.
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basic

Post by chasmit » Mon Dec 20, 2004 6:29 pm

my DOS 5.0 has
qbasic.exe 04-09-1991
is this a member of that basic family?
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Post by Andrew » Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:41 pm

That's a version of quickbasic - it will probably be version 1.0 though.
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Post by ChrisKraus » Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:58 pm

Does anyone know where to download QuickBASIC 7.1, Google hasn't helped.

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Post by Andrew » Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:30 pm

Google shall not be put down - attempts to do so will result in immediate IP ban! I searched as follows:

http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&q= ... kbasic+7.1

and the second result (which is also a local New Zealand site) has several versions including 7.1, http://qbnz.com/pages/downloads/software
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Post by ChrisKraus » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:06 pm

Andrew Bunn wrote:Google shall not be put down - attempts to do so will result in immediate IP ban! I searched as follows:

http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&q= ... kbasic+7.1

and the second result (which is also a local New Zealand site) has several versions including 7.1, http://qbnz.com/pages/downloads/software
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Post by Andrew » Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:05 am

I live in New Zealand - hence the qbnz.com site is local to <b>me</b>.
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