All my gratitudes to OldDosLover who answered so widely to my questions.I wonder if the easiest way to get all this precious GWBASIC info would not be to save it on a CD.I can send to you one unused if you give me your adress.
This said, one of the reasons why I go on to use GWBASIC (The first one is that I like it for it's concision and clarity) is that my old computer is dying and WIN95 no more existing on new computers.(Where is it possible to find a WIN95 set?) I must live with this damned WIN2000 and would like to use GWBASIC on it (no issue here: it works) and to compile it.This is the point!
The compiler I used was created by MICROSOFT 20 years ago for GWBASIC and I don't even have one word of litterature on it! If somebody have it I would be happy to get a copy.
It must be possible to adapt it to WIN2000. But how?
COMPILer's warnings:old memories..
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Clippy
URL's
Dear URSULE
I did manage to find the GWizz collection alive on the net. The original page has moved to this new address. Tom is still alive and writing GW stuff!
LINKS REMOVED AS CONTEST SERVER
The GWHIZZ collection is now available on this page
Included is the ABC archives and other VERY informative stuff.
The ABC archives cover about 10 years of basic programs and well worth a look.You may be able to get a copy of WIN 95 from an old second hand computer store. Im sure theres lots old people out there that still have a copy. Try an ad in the paper , etc.
Its been a pleasure to assist you URSULE and hope this new info wil help you on your way.
OldDosLover.
*Im Australian so mail snail would take many months to reach you unfortunetly. If you could organise a self stamped return CD envelope i would be able to send you Win 95C , 98 SE , Even Dos 6.22 + WFW 3.11.
Indicate here with an email address so i can reply to you.
I did manage to find the GWizz collection alive on the net. The original page has moved to this new address. Tom is still alive and writing GW stuff!
LINKS REMOVED AS CONTEST SERVER
The GWHIZZ collection is now available on this page
Included is the ABC archives and other VERY informative stuff.
The ABC archives cover about 10 years of basic programs and well worth a look.You may be able to get a copy of WIN 95 from an old second hand computer store. Im sure theres lots old people out there that still have a copy. Try an ad in the paper , etc.
Its been a pleasure to assist you URSULE and hope this new info wil help you on your way.
OldDosLover.
*Im Australian so mail snail would take many months to reach you unfortunetly. If you could organise a self stamped return CD envelope i would be able to send you Win 95C , 98 SE , Even Dos 6.22 + WFW 3.11.
Indicate here with an email address so i can reply to you.
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OldDosLover
Dos Boot
Dear URSULE
It occured to me that you may try DOS 7.10 and see if GWBasic runs ok under that. Here is a url to dos 7
http://mike.warpedbelief.com/dos/msdos71/index.htm
You can place it on a floppy and boot off that. Alternatively you can use a Disk Image program to obtain a bootable version of dos . Get an IMAGE restorer program from here
http://www.winimage.com/download.htm
Alternatively try out FREEDOS from here
http://www.freedos.org/
Which also supplies an image file to floppy boot.
All of these are alternatives which may solve your operating system problems. Bootable floppy image is available from Dos 7 page + FreeDos. However i think an old version of dos6 or win 3.11 is the best solution. Id also suggest you floppy boot and try GW in pure dos . At startup try pressing F8 after you see "starting windows" message (works in 95 + 98 with or without floppy attempt). If unable to boot to dos directly in 2000 then floppy is probable best bet . Other than that see on Tom's page his suggestions for running under newer OS's.
OldDosLover.
It occured to me that you may try DOS 7.10 and see if GWBasic runs ok under that. Here is a url to dos 7
http://mike.warpedbelief.com/dos/msdos71/index.htm
You can place it on a floppy and boot off that. Alternatively you can use a Disk Image program to obtain a bootable version of dos . Get an IMAGE restorer program from here
http://www.winimage.com/download.htm
Alternatively try out FREEDOS from here
http://www.freedos.org/
Which also supplies an image file to floppy boot.
All of these are alternatives which may solve your operating system problems. Bootable floppy image is available from Dos 7 page + FreeDos. However i think an old version of dos6 or win 3.11 is the best solution. Id also suggest you floppy boot and try GW in pure dos . At startup try pressing F8 after you see "starting windows" message (works in 95 + 98 with or without floppy attempt). If unable to boot to dos directly in 2000 then floppy is probable best bet . Other than that see on Tom's page his suggestions for running under newer OS's.
OldDosLover.
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OldDosLover
Creating Boot Disks
Dear URSULE
Soz for all the extra posts as i found this site after my last post.
I did find an online source of Dos6 + Win 95 + Win 98 floppy boot disks in UK + US version image format at this site.
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Downrigh ... tdisks.htm
Once d/l and using the restore program with the bootable image you would have the necessary environment free and NOW!.
Also available is Millenium ,200 ,XP home + Pro,NT versions.
Here is a detailed explanation of extracting and using the image to create a bootable floppy
http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/14452.html
Regards OldDosLover
Soz for all the extra posts as i found this site after my last post.
I did find an online source of Dos6 + Win 95 + Win 98 floppy boot disks in UK + US version image format at this site.
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Downrigh ... tdisks.htm
Once d/l and using the restore program with the bootable image you would have the necessary environment free and NOW!.
Also available is Millenium ,200 ,XP home + Pro,NT versions.
Here is a detailed explanation of extracting and using the image to create a bootable floppy
http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/14452.html
Regards OldDosLover
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Ursule
TO OLDDOSLOVER
Very interested by your literature on GW BASIC.How can we proceed? Do you want a CD ROM to record it?
I can send you one if you give me your address.
I can send you one if you give me your address.
Does anyone have the Thomas McIntire gw-basic programs available for me to download/you to send?
see next ....You must have 1 posts before you can post URL's/Links.
Thomas Carl McIntire (1942 - 2008)
Thomas Carl McIntire, 66, passed away August 10, 2008 of colon cancer. Born January 06, 1942 in Connersville, Indiana, Tom served in the US Army during the era of the Berlin Crisis, the Bay of Pigs, and Viet Nam. He was discharged in 1969 as a Staff sergeant and the holder of several medals including the Bronze Star. Tom is survived by many loved ones; his wife of 40 years, Gloria Jean McIntire, sons Thomas C. McIntire Jr., Michael McIntire, Tracy McIntire, Phillip McIntire, daughter Michele Shepherd, foster daughter Rebecca Gollahon, 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild. There will be no funeral services or internment. Tom donated his remains to the Emory University School of Medicine.
here find WhizCat ( Tom McIntire) xy.exe files and extract itDoes anyone have the Thomas McIntire gw-basic programs available for me to download/you to send?
http://web.archive.org/web/200702121817 ... ewhiz.html
from TomCat253 :
http://codecraft.proboards.com/index.cg ... hread=1334
Thomas Carl McIntire (1942 - 2008)
Thomas Carl McIntire, 66, passed away August 10, 2008 of colon cancer. Born January 06, 1942 in Connersville, Indiana, Tom served in the US Army during the era of the Berlin Crisis, the Bay of Pigs, and Viet Nam. He was discharged in 1969 as a Staff sergeant and the holder of several medals including the Bronze Star. Tom is survived by many loved ones; his wife of 40 years, Gloria Jean McIntire, sons Thomas C. McIntire Jr., Michael McIntire, Tracy McIntire, Phillip McIntire, daughter Michele Shepherd, foster daughter Rebecca Gollahon, 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild. There will be no funeral services or internment. Tom donated his remains to the Emory University School of Medicine.
GWBASIC ideas HowTo :
===== How to read a protected program ==========
DOS cmd or command
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debug
e 100 FF 7B
RCX
2
N UNP.BAS
W
Q
load protected Programm XY.bas:
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gwbasic
LOAD "XY"
LIST (illegal function)
LOAD "UNP"
LIST (o.k.)
SAVE "XY",A
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=========== How To Compile GWBASIC xy.bas to xy.exe ============
with QB4.5
can work with mouse
run qb.exe
Load File xy.bas ok
Run, MakeExe (click Stand-alone EXE-File) , Make EXE and Exit
to see print result xy.bas at end should be like=
3030 PRINT "PUSH any KEY"
3080 A$=INKEY$:IF A$="" THEN 3080
3130 SHELL "CD\":SYSTEM
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========== Compaq Computer Fix problems ============
COMPAQ Computers Problem Fix=
Enable Compaq PCs to Run QBASIC/GWBASIC Programs
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files ... d/200.html
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/Te ... 135&mode=3
rem gwbasic.bat SP2517.exe
fix50f /i
gwbasic
cd\
exit
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