Distinguish QBASIC Infobox software name QuickBASIC screenshot File QuickBasic Opening Screen.png 300px caption The opening screen of QuickBasic released Start date and age 1985 developer Microsoft Corporation ... DOS and Mac OS license Proprietary software Proprietary commercial software Microsoft QuickBASIC also ... programming language that was developed by Microsoft . QuickBASIC runs mainly on DOS , though ... to the Interpreter computer software interpreter . Microsoft marketed QuickBASIC as the introductory ... the name exclusively as QuickBASIC , although later references on Microsoft s Web site also use QuickBasic . ref History Microsoft released the first version of QuickBASIC on August 18, 1985 on a single 5.25 360kB floppy disk . QuickBASIC version 2.0 and later contained an Integrated Development ... in QuickBASIC, line numbers became optional. Program jumps also worked with named labels. Later .... ref http support.microsoft.com kb 45850 Microsoft Knowledge Base 45850 Memory Management in QuickBasic & Basic Compiler ref The last version of QuickBASIC was version 4.5 1988 , although development ... 7.1 in October 1990. ref QuickBASIC 4.5 was delivered on a set of five 360 kB 5.25 DSDD floppy ... versions were shipped on just four 5.25 disks or two 3.5 disks. ref At the same time, the QuickBASIC ... 7.x version of the IDE was called QuickBASIC Extended QBX , and it only ran on DOS, unlike the rest of Basic PDS 7.x, which also ran on OS 2. The successor to QuickBASIC and Basic PDS was Visual Basic ... not include DOS versions, as Microsoft concentrated on Windows applications. A subset of QuickBASIC ... with previous versions of MS DOS. Compared to QuickBASIC, QBasic is limited to an interpreter only, lacks ... program source code can still be compiled by a QuickBASIC 4.5, PDS 7.x or VBDOS 1.0 compiler, if available. QuickBASIC 1.00 for the Macintosh Apple Macintosh operating system was launched in 1988. It was officially ... kb 31937 QuickBASIC for Macintosh system requirements ref QuickBASIC could also be run ... more details
stuff int 33h, timer access,... History QB64 was originally compiled with QuickBASIC 4.5. After significant development, Galleon, the developer, became hindered by QuickBASIC s memory limitations and switched ... to be completely backwards compatible with QuickBASIC. Line number s are not required, and statements are terminated by newline s or by Colon punctuation colon s code code . As in QuickBASIC ... that may be used in a QuickBASIC program. QB64 extends the QuickBASIC language in several ways ... as well as libraries allowing users to use higher resolution graphics than the 640 480 offered by QuickBASIC ... the option to include a library of their own through the INCLUDE command just as QuickBASIC did. Libraries ... more details
with code code . Graphics library FreeBASIC provides built in, QuickBASIC compatible graphics support ... attempts to replicate QuickBASIC behavior and is able to compile many QuickBASIC programs without modification ... just as they were in QuickBASIC. source lang freebasic Print Hello World sleep end Comment, stops ... more details
QB can refer to Quarterback , a position in American and Canadian football Queen s Bench , a legal term defining court cases Quest Beat , a game software label QuickBASIC , a programming language Quiet Birdmen , a secret club for male aviators in the U.S. Sky Georgia s IATA code Queensbridge, Queens Queens , a borough of New York City Queens Boulevard , a street in the Queens borough of New York City ATCvet code QB Blood and blood forming organs , a section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System for veterinary medicinal products Quebec is sometimes abbreviated as QB, although its official postal code is QC QuickBooks , accounting software List of Puella Magi Madoka Magica characters Kyubey Kyubey , a character in Japanese animation Puella Magi Madoka Magica See also Cuby & the Blizzards 1992 QB1 , a dwarf planet in the vicinity of Pluto disambig Category Initialisms de QB es QB fa QB fr QB ko QB it QB sw QB ja QB fi Qb sv QB zh QB ... more details
20071023135444 http www.vplanetmag.com ruview19.shtml V Planet QuickBasic Magazine Download Johnny ... www.vplanetmag.com guide15.shtml V Planet QuickBasic Magazine Game Guides Columns v1.1, Making Your ... http www.vplanetmag.com ruview14.shtml V Planet QuickBasic Magazine Download Suds Skin ... more details
, QuickBasic , QBasic is no longer found on distributions of Microsoft Windows or DOS however, it can ... MS DOS on IBM PC and compatibles Microsoft QuickBASIC compiler QuickBASIC PC DOS MS DOS on IBM PC ... HP2640 HP2647 Programmable Terminal with AGL graphics extensions FreeBASIC a free clone of the QuickBasic ... more details
other restraints are due to the engine originally being written in QuickBasic, and thus having terrible .... Not long after this, the engine was successfully Porting ported from QuickBasic to FreeBasic. The OHRRPGCE ... more details
Infobox programming language name XBLite Summary logo paradigm Procedural language Procedural year 2001 designer David Szafranski developer David Szafranski latest release version 2.4.1 latest release date release date 2010 09 07 typing Type system Static and dynamic typing Static implementations dialects influenced by XBasic , QuickBASIC operating system Microsoft Windows license GNU General Public License GNU GPL , GNU Lesser General Public License Standard libraries licensed under the GNU LGPL website http www.xblite.com XBLite is a free Open Source BASIC programming language compiler and development system. It was started in 2001 by David Szafranski in order to provide a Microsoft Windows Windows exclusive version of the XBasic dialect. XBLite is released under the GNU General Public License GNU GPL licensing scheme, Standard libraries are released under the GNU Lesser General Public License GNU LGPL licensing scheme. The XBLite syntax is very similar to that of XBasic and somewhat similar to Microsoft s QuickBASIC in that it is a procedural language capable of subs and functions. XBLite also has 64 bit integer data type, User Defined Types and the ability to have multiple modules in order to create GUI applications or games. XBLite History XBLite is a project that was started back in 2001. The main idea was to create a language that was based on the XBasic project that was to be exclusively a Microsoft Windows only programming language and environment. The first official release version 1.0.0 was announced on October 2002, and subsequent versions were spread out amongst the last 6 years of development. Each release boasted both bug fixes and new features to either the language itself and or the different tools that are available with the XBLite project . Today, version 2.4.0 is the current release of the compiler and version 1.30 of XSEd The code editor . One of the latest projects is a visual GUI designer called viXen. XBLite Development Specific Events File X ... more details
variants, including Microsoft QuickBasic, used an easier syntax syntaxhighlight lang vbnet print Hello ... 100 Turtle.TurnRight EndFor syntaxhighlight Older Basic dialects, like Microsoft QuickBasic ... more details
Microsoft Pascal was an implementation of the Pascal programming language that was developed by the Microsoft Corporation for compiler compiling programs for running on its MS DOS operating system and, in later versions, on OS 2 like many other Microsoft programming tools, albeit they were only capable of generating 16 bit programs for the latter . Microsoft Pascal version 3.2 was released in 1986. The last version of Microsoft Pascal to be released was version 4.0 in 1988, when Microsoft Pascal was superseded by the somewhat short lived Microsoft QuickPascal , a cheaper development tool that Microsoft produced in order to compete with Borland s Turbo Pascal . Microsoft Pascal was priced at around 400, whereas QuickPascal was priced between 25 and 50, and the differences between the two were similar to those between Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System and Microsoft QuickBASIC . Unlike the ISO compliant Microsoft Pascal product, QuickPascal went after the ultimate compatibility with Turbo Pascal. This included not only source level compatibility, but rather complete binary compatibility with widely available unit libraries for the competitor s compiler. To achieve this level of compatibility, QuickPascal moved away from the common file format OBJ and tool set LINK, LIB shared by Microsoft s other compilers. It is interesting to note that Borland s Turbo Pascal V4 had a few quirks, the most notable of which was that it would occasionally ignore one or more lines of source code when said code was compiled. QuickPascal had exactly the same quirks and ignored exactly the same lines. References cite web accessdate April 13, 2005 url http groups.google.com group comp.lang.basic.misc msg b1d69edc93558b62 title Usenet post by Tom Hanlin work Google Groups cite web accessdate April 13, 2005 url http www.emsps.com oldtools msver.htm pascal title Microsoft compiler and operating system detailed versions information work Old Software Bought and Sold, EMS Professional ... more details
advert date September 2010 refimprove date September 2010 Infobox Software logo Image DHPOS Logo.png 100px center name Cash Register POS Dale Harris POS screenshot Image DHPOS639b Screenshot.png 300px caption Screenshot of Version 7.1 developer Dale Harris latest release version 7.1 latest release date release date 2011 05 25 operating system Microsoft Windows br Linux under Wine software Wine website http www.dhpos.com DHPOS.com licence Freeware genre Business Cash Register POS , also known as DHPOS after its creator Dale Harris, is a freeware free Point of sale software program written in QuickBasic . Purpose DHPOS is freeware software that will convert any DOS or Windows computer into a fully functional cash register point of sale POS system. This project was originally started 2001 by Dale Harris as a way to alleviate boredom one summer and to prove to himself that he could write a better POS system than the professionally written POS software that he was forced to use in the chain store at which he worked. ref http dhpos.com discuss phpBB2 viewtopic.php?t 816&sid e09e72d976e945a5401188d896321449 The Story behind DHPOS, How it was Born ref After completing the software he uploaded it to his website for anyone to download for free. Interest was immediate. Soon users worldwide were downloading the software and emailing him with suggestions for new features and other ways to improve it. Many of these suggestions have been added to the software and new versions come out with new features several times a year as of 2011 . The project continues because, according to its author, it is needed. While large corporations can afford to pay for expensive POS software many small and medium enterprises cannot. A plain cash register may be affordable for them but it will not provide the information that modern businesses must have to compete. The current version 2011 of the software has hundreds of features that make it suitable for most small to medium enterprises. The major l ... more details
Orphan date April 2012 Notability date June 2008 Infobox Software name Physics Plot logo Image Physics plot icon.png 25px screenshot Deleted image removed Image PhysicsPlotScreenshot.png 250px caption A screenshot of Physics Plot displaying the pulse height spectrum for sup 60 sup Co. developer Charles D. Spencer latest release version latest release date operating system Microsoft Windows Windows genre List of information graphics software Technical computing license Proprietary software Proprietary website http www.webassign.net pas physics plot physics plot.html Physics Plot Product Page Physics Plot is a software package designed for plotting scientific data. The software was developed by Dr. Charles D. Spencer retired professor of physics at Ithaca College and his students. The software is marketed by Physics Academic Software. The program offers autoscaling, least square fitting, data manipulation, and function plotting. ref http www.webassign.net pas physics plot physics plot.html Physics Plot Bot generated title ref History Development of Physics Plot began in the early 1980s. It was originally written using a combination of FORTRAN and machine code and ran on Technical Education Centers graphics hardware for S 100 bus computers IMSAI 8080 . The software was eventually re written using QuickBASIC so that it could run on 80286 PCs. Development then migrated to VisualBasic VisualBASIC to allow for a graphical user interface. ref http www.ithaca.edu faculty spencer physics 20plot 20history.html Physics Plot History Bot generated title ref Physics Plot was first made available for commercial sale in 1999 by http www.webassign.net pas Physics Academic Software . ref http www.ithaca.edu icq 2000v1 chron11.htm Ithaca College Quarterly ref See also List of information graphics software References reflist External links http www.webassign.net pas physics plot physics plot.html Physics Plot Product Page http www.aip.org pas Physics Academic Software http departments.i ... more details
Brutus2D is a game programming language developed using Visual Basic , VBScript and DirectX . It is aimed at the amateur programmer who is interested in learning more about programming & game development . Simple 2D games can be developed in Brutus2D and with the aid of an additional Plug in computing plugin , 3D games can also be created. Infobox programming language name Brutus2D logo Image Brutus2D Wikipedia Logo.png Brutus2D Wikipedia Logo paradigm Procedural language Procedural year 2004 developer Guilect latest release version v1.8.7 latest release date 11 February 2009 dialects BASIC influenced by QuickBASIC , GW BASIC GW BASIC operating system Microsoft Windows Windows website http pewtersoftware.com wordpress Platform Brutus2D was designed using Microsoft Visual Basic and runs on Windows 2000 , Windows XP & Windows Vista . Syntax Brutus2D has two distinctive Syntax of programming languages syntaxes , the first is Vbscript VBScript and is similar in style to traditional BASIC Basic . The second is JScript which is Microsoft s Programming language dialect dialect of ECMAScript . Functions & Procedures Function 28computer science 29 Functions & procedures are supported in Brutus2D. Sound & Music Support for Sound effects Sound Effects using Wav files & the following 2 types of music format, Ogg & Midi can be found in Brutus2D. Example pre option explicit dim Font1 dim bRunning bRunning True sub main if graphics.initialize True then exit sub key.initialize Font1 graphics.createFont System , 14 do while bRunning True if key.pressed 1 or key.pressed 0 True then bRunning False graphics.clear 255 graphics.settext Hello world , 10,10,Font1 graphics.display loop key.terminate graphics.terminate end sub Call Main pre The code above will display a Window 28computing 29 window on the screen & print Hello world in it. Truevision3D Plugin By using the Truevision3D plugin you can create 3D environments using Brutus2D. Network Support Brutus2D also has support for network p ... more details
This is a list of Apple Macintosh software published by Microsoft . Prior to 1994, Microsoft had an extensive range of actively developed Macintosh software. In 1994, Microsoft stopped development of most of its Mac applications until a new version of Office in 1998, after the creation of the new Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit the year prior. Expand list date August 2008 Pre Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit 1984 1998 Microsoft BASIC ref http www.emsps.com oldtools msbasv.htm basicinterpretermac Microsoft BASIC version information Bot generated title ref Version 1.0 Version 3.0 1984 1986 Microsoft Multiplan 1984 Microsoft Excel Version 1.0 1985 , 1.5 1988 , 2.2 1989 , 3.0 1990 , 4.0 1992 , 5.0 1993 Microsoft Word Version 1.0 1985 , 3.0 1987 , 4.0 1989 , 5.x 1991 , 6.0 1993 Microsoft Write 1.0 1987 Microsoft Works Versions 1.0 to 4.0 1986 1994 Microsoft Flight Simulator Version 1.0 1986 , 4.0 1991 ref http www.volny.cz havlikjosef timelineenglish.htm Flight Simulator History Website Timeline Bot generated title ref Microsoft PowerPoint Version 1.0 1987 , 2.0 1988 , 3.0 1992 , 4.0 1994 QuickBASIC Version 1.0 1988 Microsoft Project Versions 1.0 to 4.0 1991 1993 Microsoft Art Gallery 1993 Microsoft Dinosaurs 1993 Microsoft FoxPro 2 Version 2.6 1994 Microsoft Bookshelf Version 4.0 1994 Ghostwriter Mysteries for Creative Writer The Case of the Blue Makva 1994 Microsoft Cinemania Version 94, 95, 96, 97 1994 1996 Microsoft Creative Writer 1994 Microsoft Dangerous Creatures 1994 Microsoft Fine Artist 1994 Microsoft Musical Instruments 1994 Microsoft Arcade 1995 Microsoft Dogs 1995 Microsoft Encarta Version 95 1995 The Magical School Bus 1995 Explores Bugs Explores in the Age of the Dinosaurs Explores inside the Earth Explores the Human Body Explores the Ocean Explores the Rainforest Explores the Solar System Microsoft Visual C Pro Cross Development for Mac 4.0 1995 Microsoft Wine Guide 1995 Internet Explorer for Mac Versions 2.0 5.2.3 1996 2003 Microsoft Music Central 96 ... more details
This article refers to the game. For the series, see Star Wraith computer game series Infobox video game title image developer Star Wraith 3D Games publisher Star Wraith 3D Games designer composer engine Dark Basic version released July, 2000 genre Space sim modes Single player ratings platforms Microsoft Windows media Download requirements input Star Wraith 1999 2000 was the first game made by Star Wraith 3D Games with the title Star Wraith as well as the first game of the Star Wraith series. It superseded Raven and Star Wolf, the third and fourth official games made by SW3DG respectively. ref http spacecombat.org SW3DG History ref While its predecessors were written in QuickBasic , Star Wraith was written entirely in DarkBasic . Star Wraith is now almost nonexistent on the internet as it has been made all but obsolete by newer titles. Graphics Star Wraith was the first SW3DG game to feature the 3D radar display present in all current games. It also had fully animated explosions and 3D textured models. Like Star Wolf, there wasn t a cockpit, allowing for better graphics elsewhere. Gameplay Star Wraith featured a fully random campaign. It generated random missions with random numbers of ships. The player was allowed to change the number of ships in his her fleet, and the number of ships in the fleet changed the difficulty of the missions generated smaller fleets meant easier missions . In addition to the random campaign, the player is allowed to play a mode called instant action , which has three modes Create mission Allows player to set basic parameters to generate a level. Freeflight Allows player to fly around in empty space with no enemies. Gauntlet Test of how many randomly generated flights the player can survive. There are also a number of types of missions for each flight Strike Basic fight between two fleets Joint Strike Fight between two allied fleets and one enemy fleet Bomb Just like strike, except the player drives a different ship called the F 144C B, ... more details
Primary sources date February 2010 In computing , Microsoft Binary Format MBF was a format for floating point numbers used in Microsoft s BASIC language products including MBASIC , QuickBasic and GW BASIC . ref Cite web title IEEE vs. Microsoft Binary Format Rounding Issues Complete publisher Microsoft Support date November 21, 2006 url http support.microsoft.com kb 35826 accessdate February 24, 2010 ref MBF double precision numbers consist of a sign bit , an eight bit exponent and a 55 bit significand , providing slightly more precison than the IEEE 754 format, but less scale. ref Cite web title IEEE vs. Microsoft Binary Format Rounding Issues Complete publisher Microsoft Support date November 21, 2006 url http support.microsoft.com kb 35826 accessdate February 24, 2010 ref ref Cite web title Need to access MBF Microsoft Binary Format data publisher Experts Exchange date December 11, 2001 url http www.experts exchange.com Programming Languages Pascal Delphi Q 20245266.html accessdate February 24, 2010 ref By the time Visual Basic was released, the IEEE 754 standard had become widely adopted for example, it was incorporated into Intel s Intel 387 387 coprocessor and every x86 processor from the Intel 80486 486 on. Visual Basic uses the IEEE 754 format instead of MBF. See also Microsoft http support.microsoft.com kb 140520 provides a 16 bit dynamic link library with C programming language C source code containing functions to convert MBF data to IEEE 754. http coding.derkeiler.com Archive Python comp.lang.python 2005 08 msg03951.html MBF to IEEE function written in Python programming language Python http www.experts exchange.com Programming Languages Pascal Delphi Q 20245266.html MBF to IEEE conversion functions in C C stolen from old Microsoft supported code. See also Portal Computer Science div style column count 3 moz column count 3 webkit column count 3 Floating point IEEE 754 Standard for Binary Floating Point Arithmetic IBM Floating Point Architecture div Notes ... more details
Infobox programming language name GW BASIC logo Image GW BASIC 3.23.png 200px GW BASIC 3.23 paradigm year 1983 designer developer Microsoft for Compaq latest release version 3.23 latest release date 1988 typing implementations dialects influenced by IBM Cassette BASIC , IBM Disk BASIC , IBM BASICA influenced QBasic , QuickBasic current version operating system DOS license website GW BASIC was a dialect of the programming language BASIC developed by Microsoft from IBM BASICA BASICA , originally for Compaq . It is compatible with Microsoft IBM IBM BASICA BASICA , but was disk based and did not need the read only memory ROM BASIC. It was bundled with MS DOS operating system s on IBM PC compatible s by Microsoft. Microsoft also sold a BASIC compiler , BASCOM, compatible with GW BASIC, for programs needing more speed. The language was suitable for simple games, business programs and the like. Since it was included with most versions of MS DOS, it was also a low cost way for many would be programmer s to learn the fundamentals of computer programming . ref cite web url http www.geocities.com KindlyRat GWBASIC.html title GW BASIC date accessdate 2009 11 10 author KindlyRat archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20050726081451 http www.geocities.com KindlyRat GWBASIC.html archivedate 2005 07 26 ref ref cite web url http www.geocities.com dos11basic index.htm title GWBASIC Games & Other Programs date accessdate 2009 11 10 author Leon archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20091026132941 http geocities.com dos11basic index.htm archivedate 2009 10 26 ref With the release of MS DOS 5.0, GW BASIC s place was eventually taken by QBasic , the interpreter part of the separately available QuickBASIC compiler. ref cite web url http www.emsps.com oldtools msbasv.htm qbasic title Microsoft BASIC version information accessdate 2008 06 12 ref Syntax GW BASIC has a command line based integrated development environment IDE based on Dartmouth BASIC . It also includes function key shortcuts at the ... more details
for the album White Town Multiple issues more footnotes May 2010 one source May 2010 original research May 2010 In computing , PEEK is a BASIC programming language extension used for reading the contents of a memory cell at a specified memory address address . ref name PEEK cite web url http www.qbasicnews.com qboho qckpeek.shtml title PEEK work Microsoft QuickBasic 4.5 Advisor accessdate 2007 12 28 year 1990 publisher Microsoft ref The corresponding command to set the contents of a memory cell is POKE . ref name POKE cite web url http www.qbasicnews.com qboho qckpoke.shtml title POKE work Microsoft QuickBasic 4.5 Advisor accessdate 2007 12 28 year 1990 publisher Microsoft ref Statement syntax The PEEK function and POKE command are usually invoked as follows, either in direct mode entered and executed at the BASIC command line interpreter prompt or in indirect mode as part of a computer program program source lang qbasic integer variable PEEK address POKE address, value source The address and value parameters may contain complex expression programming expression s, as long as the evaluated expressions correspond to valid memory addresses or values, respectively. A valid address in this context is an address within the computer s address space , while a valid value is typically an unsigned value between zero and the maximum unsigned number that the minimum addressable unit memory cell may hold. Memory cells and hardware registers The address locations POKEd to or PEEKed from may refer either to ordinary memory cells or to memory mapped I O memory mapped hardware register s of input output I O units or support chips such as sound chip s and video graphics chips, or even to memory mapped processor register register s of the CPU itself making possible the software implementation of powerful machine code monitor s and debugging simulation tools . As an example of POKE driven support chip control, the following POKE command is directed at a specific register of the Commod ... more details
that method of notation for example, it is known as screen mode 13 in QuickBasic and its spinoffs. ref name SCREEN 13 cite web url http www.qbasicnews.com qboho qckadvr.m111213.shtml title Microsoft QuickBasic ... more details
Infobox software name Virtual Advanced logo screenshot caption developer Roland De Graaf released 1990 latest release version 2.10 latest release date latest preview version latest preview date operating system MS DOS OS 2 platform genre Bulletin board system license Proprietary software Proprietary website http www.virtualc.com defunct VBBS is an acronym for Virtual Bulletin Board System . It was a shareware bulletin board system BBS for DOS and later OS 2 that was conceived by Roland De Graaf in 1990. Written from scratch in QuickBASIC , it developed a loyal following. Originally it was a door for WWIV , but quickly grew into an original BBS concept on its own. By 1993, there were thousands of computers running VBBS around the world. VirtualNET, the largest VBBS message network, had close to 1500 members by version 6.14 in 1993. Up to this time, VBBS remained shareware , but in 1994 Roland released version 7.0 as a commercial product. The lifetime registrations of prior versions were not honored for this version and required anyone who wished to use this version to pay. While some did decide to pay again for the upgrade, others became unsatisfied and began looking for other alternatives. There would not be another release of VBBS. Instead, Roland switched gears again in 1995. He released Virtual Advanced VADV as the successor to VBBS. VADV contained many improvements to the old system. One notable feature was a much more powerful scripting language. It was a step forward for the software but once again SysOps were required to purchase the new software. Virtual Advanced would finally reach version 2.10. This version along with its companion, the Virtual Internet Survivor Kit VISK v1.30, would show that it indeed was advanced for its time. With the growing trend of the Internet, VADV now supported features such as POP3 , SMTP , NNTP , WWW and Finger Unix Finger . Ultimately, with the rise of the Internet , costs of upgrades and tensions within the support network, V ... more details
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