Results 1 to 9 of 9

Thread: QBasic

  1. #1

    Question QBasic

    I have looked all over the internet for a working, download of qBasic 4.5. Does anyone here know of a good site to download it. So far, all of the ones i visited have broken links or do not supply it. Thank You.

  2. #2
    What version comes on the Windows cd? It's in the oldmsdos folder. If you want to be able to compile programs then try FirstBasic, almost identical to QBasic and it lets you compile the programs. Otherwise, learn a better programming language.

  3. #3
    qbasic is used primaraly to pass a BASIC programming class.
    ------------EViLSEED
    Hackers are impervious. Resistant is futile.


  4. #4
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2001
    Location
    Helsinki, Finland
    Posts
    570

    Re: QBasic

    I'm not sure if it's legal to copy that version of QBasic. At least QuickBasic is not free. But it's on the Windows CD like someone already said. The folder is Others\Oldmsdos. Remember to copy qbasic.hlp also. (The main file is, surprisingly, qbasic.exe...) You should put it under Windows\Command so it can be accessed from any directory (It's in The Path ).

    -ZeroOne
    Q: Why do computer scientists confuse Christmas and Halloween?
    A: Because Oct 31 = Dec 25

  5. #5
    Fastest Thing Alive s0nIc's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Location
    Sydney
    Posts
    1,584

    Cool

    hahah damn i thought QBasic is extinct.. i thought im the last qbasic programmer in this world.. hahha

  6. #6
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Posts
    185
    Gorillas.bas is the only useful program ever written in QBasic.
    Know this..., you may not by thyself in pride claim the Mantle of Wizardry; that way lies only Bogosity without End.

    Rather must you Become, and Become, and Become, until Hackers respect thy Power, and other Wizards hail thee as a Brother or Sister in Wisdom, and you wake up and realize that the Mantle hath lain unknown upon thy Shoulders since you knew not when.


  7. #7
    Basic is basic

  8. #8
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2001
    Posts
    689

    Post

    Quick Basic still has value after all of these years. If you are just beginning to learn how to program, QBasic provides you with a much easier learning curve than with more advanced languages such as C++. Another benefit is that many of the commands in Visual Basic are the same as in QBasic, so if you learn QBasic, vb should be a little easier to learn. Check out http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=134664 for my QBasic programming Tutorial. As for the compiler, I don't believe that you can get it for free.
    Wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
    --Ecclesiastes 10:19

  9. #9
    Originally posted by UberC0der
    Gorillas.bas is the only useful program ever written in QBasic.
    snake/nibbles wasn't too bad.
    \"If you wish to speak to technical support, please hang up now.\"

    *click*

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •