QuickBasic is surprisingly different from Qbasic. It allows higher resolutions and more system control through QLB libraries, and it also compiles. The last version was 4.5. While it was commercial software, it is no longer sold by Microsoft, and I cannot find it anywhere on the web. If anyone knows where it is or has a copy of it please reply.
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Sorry. QB45 can't obtained for free or any price we can utter without stuttering on the commas. Microsoft would rather kill the embarrassing notion of a development system that CAN'T create a multitasking app (that's right, no matter what the app is doing when it gets minimized, whether it is counting from 1 to 10 or writing a few bytes to a disk's boot sector, that app goes into suspension until we restore it).<br>
Recently, I found a copy of QB45 on the internet. I wasn't surprised when the ZIP file turned out to be password protected. Oh well, I have the original disks. But, after six years, I'm afraid to check them.<br>
Perhaps the point here is that someone needs to protect the old DOS programs... create an archive of the code that Microsoft (AND THE OTHERS) forgot. Make it available to the public.<br>
Mr. Gates isn't interested.<br>
I was born an activist. I'm in.<br>
Recently, I found a copy of QB45 on the internet. I wasn't surprised when the ZIP file turned out to be password protected. Oh well, I have the original disks. But, after six years, I'm afraid to check them.<br>
Perhaps the point here is that someone needs to protect the old DOS programs... create an archive of the code that Microsoft (AND THE OTHERS) forgot. Make it available to the public.<br>
Mr. Gates isn't interested.<br>
I was born an activist. I'm in.<br>
Try It's a shot....
QB45 may not be available any more but its nearest competitor, Borland's Turbo Basic, is. Check out the web site for Power Basic - They have developed Turbo Basic into a better product than either of the predecessors.<br>
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By the way, I believe the background processing for a task is controlled by the settings for the window. If you select the option to allow running in background then your task will continue to run even while minimized. You have been able to do this with any program, DOS or otherwise, since version 3.1 of Windows. It's part of what sold people on Windows in the first place. Of course, finding the settings for your task can be a real challenge and it's dependent on the version of Windows you are running.<br>
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By the way, I believe the background processing for a task is controlled by the settings for the window. If you select the option to allow running in background then your task will continue to run even while minimized. You have been able to do this with any program, DOS or otherwise, since version 3.1 of Windows. It's part of what sold people on Windows in the first place. Of course, finding the settings for your task can be a real challenge and it's dependent on the version of Windows you are running.<br>
A win app? Hmm... I'm not a windows programmer but the web site for PowerBasic ( has three different versions for sale. Besides the DOS version, there is a Console version and a DLL version. Both of which are claimed to be 32bit windows apps. They also claim to give you full access to the Win API. They almost make it sound easy to program a Windows GUI app.<br>
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I've never had a well behaved DOS program fail to run in a DOS window under any version of Windows or NT. Of course, programs which directly manipulate hardware will have problems and future operating systems may not offer a DOS compatibility window.<br>
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I've never had a well behaved DOS program fail to run in a DOS window under any version of Windows or NT. Of course, programs which directly manipulate hardware will have problems and future operating systems may not offer a DOS compatibility window.<br>
Thanks for the future, zqzq. After that, I'm pretty sure I want to go back to DOS (the programmer was in control).<br>
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I can't contribute to the Power Basic discussion but I want to affirm that QB45 stands proud and tall. We just alpha tested a '45 app on six systems (Win '95sr0-C and '98).<br>
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The basic operating system has changed very little since DOS v.2. The only enhancements have been buttons, bells and whistles (and a SHELL they decided to call Windows).<br>
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And you CAN manipulate the hardware.... as long as you execute before Windows hooks every interrupt in the book.
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I can't contribute to the Power Basic discussion but I want to affirm that QB45 stands proud and tall. We just alpha tested a '45 app on six systems (Win '95sr0-C and '98).<br>
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The basic operating system has changed very little since DOS v.2. The only enhancements have been buttons, bells and whistles (and a SHELL they decided to call Windows).<br>
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And you CAN manipulate the hardware.... as long as you execute before Windows hooks every interrupt in the book.
OK....to get QBasic (they have many versions here) or PowerBasic (same story) you can go to:<br>
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just like Alt255 posted earlier....they have *several* versions of both (including compiler versions)<br>
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-Robherc
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just like Alt255 posted earlier....they have *several* versions of both (including compiler versions)<br>
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-Robherc
MUCH BETTER place to obtain QB: they have *EXTENSIVE* archives of QB & PB sourcecode, utilities, etc.<br>
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-Robherc
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Phred-<br><br> I'm not sure about PowerBasic being Windoze-compatible, but XBASIC (<A HREF=" TARGET="_new"> is compatible with DOS, Windows, AND Linux/Unix (and *nix Xwindows) <p>-Robherc<br><a href=mailto:robherc@netzero.net>robherc@netzero.net</a><br><a href= shared.freeservers.com/searchmaster.html>SearchMaster Interface...11-in-1</a><br>Wanting to learn Assembler; please e-mail me any tutorials or links for it that are useful to you 
Rob, XBASIC looks pretty impressive. A bit expensive, considering QB45 sold for $45, but it might be worth it. <p> <br><a href=mailto:InterruptX@excite.com>InterruptX@excite.com</a><br><a href= Contingency Implementation</a><br>Send me suggestions or comments on my current software project.
Oops; <i>WRONG</i> URL....try <A HREF=" TARGET="_new"> ... you really had me scared for a second there...XBasic is being distributed for the extremely exorbitant and inaffordable price of absolutely nothing (gotta love freeware) <p>-Robherc<br><a href=mailto:robherc@netzero.net>robherc@netzero.net</a><br><a href= shared.freeservers.com/searchmaster.html>SearchMaster Interface...11-in-1</a><br>Wanting to learn Assembler; please e-mail me any tutorials or links for it that are useful to you
(gotta love freeware) <p>-Robherc<br><a href=mailto:robherc@netzero.net>robherc@netzero.net</a><br><a href= shared.freeservers.com/searchmaster.html>SearchMaster Interface...11-in-1</a><br>Wanting to learn Assembler; please e-mail me any tutorials or links for it that are useful to you Ah, yes... that URL was much (several hundred dollars) better! Thanks for the correction. <p> <br><a href=mailto:InterruptX@excite.com>InterruptX@excite.com</a><br><a href= Contingency Implementation</a><br>Send me suggestions or comments on my current software project.
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