DOS ain't dead

BASIC (Miscellaneous)

posted by glennmcc  , North Jackson, Ohio (USA), 09.09.2020, 04:48

> Hi there, first off if this is in the wrong area, please someone tell me
> and I can either move it there or someone can do it for me.
>
> I am wondering if there is a BASIC programming language out there for DOS.
> [
> I am talking about code like the following:
>
>
> 10 REM *** A SIMPLE BASIC PROGRAM ***
> 20 FOR X = 1 TO 10
> 30 INPUT "What is your name";NAME$(X)
> 40 INPUT "How old are you";AGE(X)
> 50 NEXT X
> 60 FOR Y = 1 TO 10
> 70 PRINT "PERSON #";Y;" IS NAMED ";NAME$(X);" AND IS ";AGE(Y);" YEARS OLD"
> 80 NEXT Y
> 90 END
>
> I know of GWBASIC and BWBASIC but somehow that isn't what I am looking
> for.
>
> I am using MSDOS 6.22, FreeDOS 1.3RC3, and FreeDOS 1.2 in VirtualBox
>
> Thanks :)

Oh, for those thrilling days of yesteryore writing programs
in BASIC on the Radio Shack TRS-80 model 1 circa 1978
with programs & data stored on audio cassettes.

Thanks for the nostalgic look back. :)

PS: Still have mine & it still works.

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Complete thread:

• BASIC - DoctorVell, 07.09.2020, 06:18 (Miscellaneous)
  • BASIC - dggionco, 07.09.2020, 13:29
    • BASIC - DoctorVell, 07.09.2020, 16:47
      • BASIC - tkchia, 08.09.2020, 17:57
        • BASIC - DoctorVell, 09.09.2020, 03:40
      • BASIC - Rugxulo, 09.09.2020, 21:02
    • BASIC - dggionco, 07.09.2020, 18:59
  • BASIC - glennmcc, 09.09.2020, 04:48