Pete's QBASIC Site

After my article in QB Express, I decided to see the publics opinion.

BASIC has GUIs?

GUIs made in BASIC. They are like Windows 3.1 just a EXE for DOS pretending to be an OS.

Fun500 GUI can be found at: http://fun500.brandoncornell.com
M-OS can be found at http://datacomponents.net

They have this overwhelming tendency to suck, so I voted accordingly.

That goes double for "QB OSes". Raise your hand if you're guilty of making one!

*unfortunately, has to raise own hand*

Nodtveidt wrote:They have this overwhelming tendency to suck, so I voted accordingly.

That goes double for "QB OSes". Raise your hand if you're guilty of making one!

*unfortunately, has to raise own hand*

What if you're making sumfin like Linux?

Seb McClouth wrote:What if you're making sumfin like Linux?

I've never seen your Linux-like project so I can't comment on it. What I'm referring to is the vast number of "gee whiz" graphical programs that suck rancid toenail clippings through a pink twisty straw. And there's a lot of them out there. EVERY "QBOS" of this type I've ever seen thus far is complete crap, even the one I made years ago (KAOS). You simply cannot make something performant and useful in QB; it's simply not possible without a buttload of assembly, and by then, you might as well just make a REAL operating system in assembly anyways (I've done this as well [SockOS], it's a lot of work but worth the effort, and you really learn a lot about how the computer works internally).

Do you still have SockOS?

Grtz

I think I have it backed up on one of my many, many CDROMs from years ago...maybe one day I'll dig it up again.

I think I've seen it about 3 or 4 years ago. If it was SockOS, it was one of the things which made me make QBinux.

grtz