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File drop alarm! I prepared a #zeal / #dash docset for #directqb with #quickbasic. https://www.binarylab.eu/files/DirectQB161.docset.zip #qbasic #dos #msdos #retrogamedev #qb45
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I am putting all of my DOS projects, questions, and links here in case someone sees this and can help me with one or more of them.
@tspivey I am including you in the discussion because I think 3 will be of special interest to you. Please fee free to untag yourself from this if you don't wish to participate in the discussion. You may also message me privately if you would rather talk that way.I am a DOS user with a great ambition and also a few questions. Disclaimer: I am not a programmer, so I would either need to find someone who is or to try that vibe coding everyone is talking about. I would rather not do the latter, but I really have no knowledge on the subject, other than as a user of such software.
1. I wish to update an existing screen reader for use with modern versions of DOS. Ideally, though, I would like a modern version to be made fully accessible including installer. I wrote about this here. I am also interested in whether or not a true software synthesizer can be used with DOS, not via Windows. The SoundBlaster sounds interesting, but it might require actual hardware or a specific sort of computer.
2. In order to do this, I would rather update an existing screen reader than create a new one. It appears that Vispero now owns both JAWS for DOS and Vocal-Eyes, though whether they would make either of them open source I cannot say. I believe the original creator of ASAP, Larry Skutchan, is still alive. I recall writing to him some time ago, long before I had this idea, jhust to see if I could purchase the full version from him. If memory serves, he said he no longer has the software. But perhaps, he would permit me to reverse engineer it and update it. I would never do so without his permission. I know Provox is open source, but it's an extremely complicated system with no menus, etc. No matter what screen reader I use, it would all be open source. I have no interest in making money from this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlindAndFine/comments/1u8nw93/a_little_history_and_a_question_about_screen/
3. Right now, I am using Talking DosBox and would like to know if there is any way of updating it. It seems that it might be using a version of VreeDOS. When I use the ver command, it says 5.0, but when I start edit, it says something about FreeDOS. I know they're up to version 1.4 right now, which has several improvements, but I'm not sure if this can be upgraded directly in Talking DOSBox or if a new machine must be created. I would love to be able to just use a virtual machine in VMWare Workstation, but I can't install it without speech and don't know how to connnect it to the BNS driver, even if I could. I do have an MS-DOS virtual machine, but I can't get it to work for some reason, either under 32-bit or 64-bit. I installed Com0Com but nothing works. I have a wonderful mp3 with instructions somewhere, but I must find it in my files!
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlindAndFine/comments/1u5vtxv/talking_dosbox_questions/
4. I am interested in learning QuickBasic 4.5. However, I heard of something called QB64 that can work with Windows XP through 7 and maybe later. I downloaded it, but the ide (interface) is completely inaccessible. I decided to just learn 4.5. for now, because the way to make QB64 work with a native Windows interface is a bit complicated and right now, I just want to start learning and practising. But if anyone can help with creating a native Windows version of QuickBasic (preferably one that works with Windows 7), that would be great!
#accessibility #ASAP #blind #DOS #Dosbox #FreeDOS #JAWS #MS-DOS #programming #Provox #QB64 #QuickBasic #ScreenReaders #SpeechSynthesizers #TalkingDOSBox #technology #VirtualMachines #VMWare #Vocal-Eyes #Windows7
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I am putting all of my DOS projects, questions, and links here in case someone sees this and can help me with one or more of them.
@tspivey I am including you in the discussion because I think 3 will be of special interest to you. Please fee free to untag yourself from this if you don't wish to participate in the discussion. You may also message me privately if you would rather talk that way.I am a DOS user with a great ambition and also a few questions. Disclaimer: I am not a programmer, so I would either need to find someone who is or to try that vibe coding everyone is talking about. I would rather not do the latter, but I really have no knowledge on the subject, other than as a user of such software.
1. I wish to update an existing screen reader for use with modern versions of DOS. Ideally, though, I would like a modern version to be made fully accessible including installer. I wrote about this here. I am also interested in whether or not a true software synthesizer can be used with DOS, not via Windows. The SoundBlaster sounds interesting, but it might require actual hardware or a specific sort of computer.
2. In order to do this, I would rather update an existing screen reader than create a new one. It appears that Vispero now owns both JAWS for DOS and Vocal-Eyes, though whether they would make either of them open source I cannot say. I believe the original creator of ASAP, Larry Skutchan, is still alive. I recall writing to him some time ago, long before I had this idea, jhust to see if I could purchase the full version from him. If memory serves, he said he no longer has the software. But perhaps, he would permit me to reverse engineer it and update it. I would never do so without his permission. I know Provox is open source, but it's an extremely complicated system with no menus, etc. No matter what screen reader I use, it would all be open source. I have no interest in making money from this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlindAndFine/comments/1u8nw93/a_little_history_and_a_question_about_screen/
3. Right now, I am using Talking DosBox and would like to know if there is any way of updating it. It seems that it might be using a version of VreeDOS. When I use the ver command, it says 5.0, but when I start edit, it says something about FreeDOS. I know they're up to version 1.4 right now, which has several improvements, but I'm not sure if this can be upgraded directly in Talking DOSBox or if a new machine must be created. I would love to be able to just use a virtual machine in VMWare Workstation, but I can't install it without speech and don't know how to connnect it to the BNS driver, even if I could. I do have an MS-DOS virtual machine, but I can't get it to work for some reason, either under 32-bit or 64-bit. I installed Com0Com but nothing works. I have a wonderful mp3 with instructions somewhere, but I must find it in my files!
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlindAndFine/comments/1u5vtxv/talking_dosbox_questions/
4. I am interested in learning QuickBasic 4.5. However, I heard of something called QB64 that can work with Windows XP through 7 and maybe later. I downloaded it, but the ide (interface) is completely inaccessible. I decided to just learn 4.5. for now, because the way to make QB64 work with a native Windows interface is a bit complicated and right now, I just want to start learning and practising. But if anyone can help with creating a native Windows version of QuickBasic (preferably one that works with Windows 7), that would be great!
#accessibility #ASAP #blind #DOS #Dosbox #FreeDOS #JAWS #MS-DOS #programming #Provox #QB64 #QuickBasic #ScreenReaders #SpeechSynthesizers #TalkingDOSBox #technology #VirtualMachines #VMWare #Vocal-Eyes #Windows7
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Für die alten Programmierhasen unter euch hab ich gerade noch was ganz Spezielles ins Internet Archive gestellt. Microsoft's QuickBASIC 4.0 für MS-DOS aus dem Jahre 1988. Deutsche Fassung auf 4 x 360KB 5,25 Zoll DD-Disketten.
Disketten: https://archive.org/details/quickbasic40_de
Referenzkarte: https://archive.org/details/quickbasic40_de_referenzkarteViel Spaß beim Coden!
#QuickBASIC #Basic #Programmieren #Programmiersprache #Microsoft #MSDOS #RetroComputing #Retro #80er #80s #DOS #FloppyDisk #KryoFlux #Diskette
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Рубрика ебануццо
В 2004 году один датчанин написал полнофункциональный GUI для DOS для машин класса XT на — держитесь — #QuickBasic. Иконки, запуск других программ итп. Минимум просит 200k. Называется #costaGUI, сорцы открыты -
Рубрика ебануццо
В 2004 году один датчанин написал полнофункциональный GUI для DOS для машин класса XT на — держитесь — #QuickBasic. Иконки, запуск других программ итп. Минимум просит 200k. Называется #costaGUI, сорцы открыты -
Кто угодно может пнуть мёртвого льва
Кто угодно может пнуть мёртвого льва. Мёртвый лев не рыкнет на наглеца. Мёртвый лев не откусит ему ногу «по самое не хочу», хотя стоило бы. Лев мёртв, и теперь его может пнуть каждый ишак, что конечно же не показывает превосходство ишака над львом. Эта статья будет полна негодования и ненависти. Кровь ещё закончила кипеть от негодования. Но, разумеется, помимо эмоций будут и сухие объективные факты, немножко исследования и расстановка точек над i. В интернете кто-то не прав... опять... Существует целый ряд инструментов, технологий и вообще вещей, которым по какой-то непонятной вселенской несправедливости не повезло : нашлась масса непонятных людей, которые по какой-то необъяснимой причине начали распускать про эти инструменты/технологии/вещи разные небылицы, идиотские фейки, слухи и прочий порочащий репутацию «компромат». Можно не переживать, если речь идёт о технологии, которая находится «на пике» — у неё будет большое community и правда восторжествует. Совсем другое дело, когда речь идёт о чём-то, что далеко не на пике, чья минута славы в прошлом (возможно даже давно в прошлом) — здесь мёртвый «лев» не может дать сдачи, и что самое обидное, что в какой-то степени «лев» сейчас мёртв отчасти и потому, что ещё при его жизни началось необоснованное распространение всяких бредовых поверий и мифов про него. И сегодня речь пойдёт об одном из таких случаев.
https://habr.com/ru/articles/973594/
#Basic #QuickBasic #Visual_Basic #интерпретатор #трансляция #x86 #фейки
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FYI: QB64: Why This Community Keeps Building! #shorts: QB64's community thrives despite setbacks, finding lost materials and rewriting code. It offers early internet vibes and an easy learning curve. See fast results across Windows, MacOS, and Linux, with backwards compatible innovation. #QB64 #QuickBasic #community #coding #retrocomputing https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxYuVzHDLLc
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FYI: QB64: Why This Community Keeps Building! #shorts: QB64's community thrives despite setbacks, finding lost materials and rewriting code. It offers early internet vibes and an easy learning curve. See fast results across Windows, MacOS, and Linux, with backwards compatible innovation. #QB64 #QuickBasic #community #coding #retrocomputing https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxYuVzHDLLc
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ICYMI: QB64: Why This Community Keeps Building! #shorts: QB64's community thrives despite setbacks, finding lost materials and rewriting code. It offers early internet vibes and an easy learning curve. See fast results across Windows, MacOS, and Linux, with backwards compatible innovation. #QB64 #QuickBasic #community #coding #retrocomputing https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxYuVzHDLLc
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ICYMI: QB64: Why This Community Keeps Building! #shorts: QB64's community thrives despite setbacks, finding lost materials and rewriting code. It offers early internet vibes and an easy learning curve. See fast results across Windows, MacOS, and Linux, with backwards compatible innovation. #QB64 #QuickBasic #community #coding #retrocomputing https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxYuVzHDLLc
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QB64: Why This Community Keeps Building! #shorts: QB64's community thrives despite setbacks, finding lost materials and rewriting code. It offers early internet vibes and an easy learning curve. See fast results across Windows, MacOS, and Linux, with backwards compatible innovation. #QB64 #QuickBasic #community #coding #retrocomputing https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxYuVzHDLLc
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QB64: Why This Community Keeps Building! #shorts: QB64's community thrives despite setbacks, finding lost materials and rewriting code. It offers early internet vibes and an easy learning curve. See fast results across Windows, MacOS, and Linux, with backwards compatible innovation. #QB64 #QuickBasic #community #coding #retrocomputing https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxYuVzHDLLc
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Repórter Retro 118
https://retropolis.com.br/2025/09/24/reporter-retro-118/
#ReprterRetro #6502 #AdrianBlack #AMXProject #Argentina #BancoDeDados #BASIC #CdigoDeBarras #Commodore64 #CommodoreVIC20 #CPM #DanielCampos #DartmouthCollege #DiskII #disquete #DisqueteDe312 #GrupoDeUsurios #IBM #IntelignciaArtificial #ISA #JAIIO #Mainframes #MakerTube #microsoft #modem #MSDOS #MSX #MSXJa #MSXRio #MSXVGA #Novell #Pick #QuickBASIC #RetroRio #SWAC #TByteCreator #Theremin #VWestlife #Windows95 #Xenix
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Repórter Retro 118
https://retropolis.com.br/2025/09/24/reporter-retro-118/
#ReprterRetro #6502 #AdrianBlack #AMXProject #Argentina #BancoDeDados #BASIC #CdigoDeBarras #Commodore64 #CommodoreVIC20 #CPM #DanielCampos #DartmouthCollege #DiskII #disquete #DisqueteDe312 #GrupoDeUsurios #IBM #IntelignciaArtificial #ISA #JAIIO #Mainframes #MakerTube #microsoft #modem #MSDOS #MSX #MSXJa #MSXRio #MSXVGA #Novell #Pick #QuickBASIC #RetroRio #SWAC #TByteCreator #Theremin #VWestlife #Windows95 #Xenix
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I know there are many #DOS gamers here and those who simply love #retroComputing and #technology . But are there any serious DOS #programmers here as well? If so, in which language/s do you write? (I want to learn #QuickBasic , but I am at the very beginning, and it's not advanced enough for what I need.) Does anyone here work on the development of #FreeDOS ? Assuming any of the above is true, do any of you know about #accessibility and #ScreenReaders ? I am totally #blind and have loved DOS since I was a teenager. I am now forty-one. I am aware of the many updates to the system over the years, but have been unable to take advantage of them due to the fact that no new or updated #AdaptiveTechnology is being developed for it. Everyone seems to love Linux. I don't. Neither do I like Mac OS. I love Windows XP and 7, but 11 drives me mad. I think we deserve another alternative to all of these, and I also think that DOS can be it if a few things are added to it, including a talking installer, an updated screen reader and good software speech synthesis. For those of you who think DOS only equals dialup modems and floppies, you may wish to read this, or at least skim through it.
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I know there are many #DOS gamers here and those who simply love #retroComputing and #technology . But are there any serious DOS #programmers here as well? If so, in which language/s do you write? (I want to learn #QuickBasic , but I am at the very beginning, and it's not advanced enough for what I need.) Does anyone here work on the development of #FreeDOS ? Assuming any of the above is true, do any of you know about #accessibility and #ScreenReaders ? I am totally #blind and have loved DOS since I was a teenager. I am now forty-one. I am aware of the many updates to the system over the years, but have been unable to take advantage of them due to the fact that no new or updated #AdaptiveTechnology is being developed for it. Everyone seems to love Linux. I don't. Neither do I like Mac OS. I love Windows XP and 7, but 11 drives me mad. I think we deserve another alternative to all of these, and I also think that DOS can be it if a few things are added to it, including a talking installer, an updated screen reader and good software speech synthesis. For those of you who think DOS only equals dialup modems and floppies, you may wish to read this, or at least skim through it.
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I am considering learning to program, not as a career but for myself. I have been wanting to do this for a long time but never really started. One thing I do know is that I like procedural languages as opposed to object-oriented ones. I am strongly considering QuickBASIC 4.5 or 7.1, and Turbo Pascal 6.0, but I don't know which to choose as a beginner. I know there are flavours of these that can work with Windows XP and 7, and maybe, one day, I will try them in their 32-bit varients. But for now, I am focusing on the DOS ones,since they are probably easier to learn and use. Is there anything I should know as a totally blind programmer? If I did choose to switch to a Windows varient of one of these languages, how difficult would the transition be?
If it helps, these are the sorts of programs I use in Windows.
Notepad Classic, Jarte (can simply use Edit or Wordperfect 5.1, or MS Word 5.5, but simple editor may be good for project)
MPCHC (mp3 player, I don't mind a simpler one)
Virtual Recorder (simple mp3 recorder/may be difficult in DOS)
Thunderbird 102 (most likely too advanced for a beginner)
TweeseCake, TWBlue (for Mastodon/there is already a DOStodon, but don't know if it's accessible)
Reddit for Blind, Luna for Reddit
Cook Timer (simple timers exist, but this may be good to create as a beginner project)
Openbook, Kurzweil 1000 (ocr and pdf converter, too advanced for beginner)
various audio and text-based games
#16-bit #32-bit #accessibility #BASIC #blind #DOS #programming #QuickBASIC #TurboPascal #Windows7 #WindowsXP
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I am considering learning to program, not as a career but for myself. I have been wanting to do this for a long time but never really started. One thing I do know is that I like procedural languages as opposed to object-oriented ones. I am strongly considering QuickBASIC 4.5 or 7.1, and Turbo Pascal 6.0, but I don't know which to choose as a beginner. I know there are flavours of these that can work with Windows XP and 7, and maybe, one day, I will try them in their 32-bit varients. But for now, I am focusing on the DOS ones,since they are probably easier to learn and use. Is there anything I should know as a totally blind programmer? If I did choose to switch to a Windows varient of one of these languages, how difficult would the transition be?
If it helps, these are the sorts of programs I use in Windows.
Notepad Classic, Jarte (can simply use Edit or Wordperfect 5.1, or MS Word 5.5, but simple editor may be good for project)
MPCHC (mp3 player, I don't mind a simpler one)
Virtual Recorder (simple mp3 recorder/may be difficult in DOS)
Thunderbird 102 (most likely too advanced for a beginner)
TweeseCake, TWBlue (for Mastodon/there is already a DOStodon, but don't know if it's accessible)
Reddit for Blind, Luna for Reddit
Cook Timer (simple timers exist, but this may be good to create as a beginner project)
Openbook, Kurzweil 1000 (ocr and pdf converter, too advanced for beginner)
various audio and text-based games
#16-bit #32-bit #accessibility #BASIC #blind #DOS #programming #QuickBASIC #TurboPascal #Windows7 #WindowsXP
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Me to local-run exaone3.5:32b "write a #QuickBasic program to animate a white square moving from left to right repeatedly"
Most #coding #AIs fuck up #QBASIC code pretty bad. This one did better than most I've tried. On the Left is what it spat out, and on the Right is how I fixed it.
Some shit code nonetheless.
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Me to local-run exaone3.5:32b "write a #QuickBasic program to animate a white square moving from left to right repeatedly"
Most #coding #AIs fuck up #QBASIC code pretty bad. This one did better than most I've tried. On the Left is what it spat out, and on the Right is how I fixed it.
Some shit code nonetheless.
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If you want to run it on DOSBox, or have a peek to the source code of my fantasy football management program, I put it here: http://davbucci.chez-alice.fr/index.php?argument=retroc/oldp/oldp.inc I used a technique to sort of include inline assembly that was quite elegant and that I learnt from a paper by Francesco Balena in the mid-1990's. #retrocomputing #retrocoding #BASIC #QuickBasic #Fantacalcio #MSDOS
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If you want to run it on DOSBox, or have a peek to the source code of my fantasy football management program, I put it here: http://davbucci.chez-alice.fr/index.php?argument=retroc/oldp/oldp.inc I used a technique to sort of include inline assembly that was quite elegant and that I learnt from a paper by Francesco Balena in the mid-1990's. #retrocomputing #retrocoding #BASIC #QuickBasic #Fantacalcio #MSDOS
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Between 1996 and 1998, I wrote a complete management system for an Italian Fantasy football team. I wrote it from scratch for a friend who had an Olivetti M200, that was a slow computer for that time. I wrote it in #QuickBasic, with some assembly. It runs fine on the #IBM PS/2, even if it was written for a color monitor. It was pretty refined and even had a complete help system (ironically it was useful for me to remind how to use the software after almost 30 years) #retrocomputing
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Between 1996 and 1998, I wrote a complete management system for an Italian Fantasy football team. I wrote it from scratch for a friend who had an Olivetti M200, that was a slow computer for that time. I wrote it in #QuickBasic, with some assembly. It runs fine on the #IBM PS/2, even if it was written for a color monitor. It was pretty refined and even had a complete help system (ironically it was useful for me to remind how to use the software after almost 30 years) #retrocomputing
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Episódio 162 – BASIC.BAS – Parte B
https://retropolis.com.br/2025/04/16/episodio-162-parte-b/
#Podcast #AcornSystemBASIC #Amiga #AMOS #amstrad #arm #AtariSTBASIC #AtomBASIC #BAS #BASIC #BASIC68 #BASIC69 #BASICA #BBCBASIC #CARealizer #Commodore #copyleft #CPC #DarkBASIC #DB2 #Dijkstra #gwbasic #IBMBASIC #LibreOffice #LinguagemDeProgramao #LocomotiveBasic #MallardBASIC #MICROBASIC #microsoft #MSX #MSXBASIC #Picocalc #podcast #QB64 #qbasic #QuickBASIC #Retrocomputao #retrogaming #Retrpolis #s
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Episódio 162 – BASIC.BAS – Parte B
https://retropolis.com.br/2025/04/16/episodio-162-parte-b/
#Podcast #AcornSystemBASIC #Amiga #AMOS #amstrad #arm #AtariSTBASIC #AtomBASIC #BAS #BASIC #BASIC68 #BASIC69 #BASICA #BBCBASIC #CARealizer #Commodore #copyleft #CPC #DarkBASIC #DB2 #Dijkstra #gwbasic #IBMBASIC #LibreOffice #LinguagemDeProgramao #LocomotiveBasic #MallardBASIC #MICROBASIC #microsoft #MSX #MSXBASIC #Picocalc #podcast #QB64 #qbasic #QuickBASIC #Retrocomputao #retrogaming #Retrpolis #s
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The co-inventor of #BASIC has passed away. 😢
BASIC was my first programming language and I was so into it (the #QuickBASIC dialect) in the late 90s.
https://computerhistory.org/blog/in-memoriam-thomas-e-kurtz-1928-2024/
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The co-inventor of #BASIC has passed away. 😢
BASIC was my first programming language and I was so into it (the #QuickBASIC dialect) in the late 90s.
https://computerhistory.org/blog/in-memoriam-thomas-e-kurtz-1928-2024/
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Serve Your Next Website With #QuickBasic
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/05/serve-your-next-website-with-quickbasic/
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Serve Your Next Website With #QuickBasic
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/05/serve-your-next-website-with-quickbasic/
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Serve Your Next Website with QuickBasic https://hackaday.com/2024/08/05/serve-your-next-website-with-quickbasic/ #Retrocomputing #quickbasic
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Serve Your Next Website with QuickBasic https://hackaday.com/2024/08/05/serve-your-next-website-with-quickbasic/ #Retrocomputing #quickbasic
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Serve Your Next Website with QuickBasic - You can only imagine that when they made Star Trek back in the 1960s, they would h... - https://hackaday.com/2024/08/05/serve-your-next-website-with-quickbasic/ #retrocomputing #quickbasic
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Serve Your Next Website with QuickBasic - You can only imagine that when they made Star Trek back in the 1960s, they would h... - https://hackaday.com/2024/08/05/serve-your-next-website-with-quickbasic/ #retrocomputing #quickbasic
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This is very cool, Qub is a framework for building websites with #QB64, the modern recreation of #QuickBasic.
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This is very cool, Qub is a framework for building websites with #QB64, the modern recreation of #QuickBasic.
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Two flags added to #EGAPride (a pride flag quiz for #DOS in #QuickBasic). The polyamory flag was hard to implement. The heart is drawn with two circles, three lines, three ordinary fill instructions and a pattern fill, a feature I hadn't used before. Screen 7 has non-square pixels, so that had to be taken into account too. (The screenshot is shown in 4:3 aspect ratio.)
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Two flags added to #EGAPride (a pride flag quiz for #DOS in #QuickBasic). The polyamory flag was hard to implement. The heart is drawn with two circles, three lines, three ordinary fill instructions and a pattern fill, a feature I hadn't used before. Screen 7 has non-square pixels, so that had to be taken into account too. (The screenshot is shown in 4:3 aspect ratio.)
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#QuickBasic #QB64 game released on #GoG in 2024 BTW: https://www.gog.com/en/game/whispers_in_the_moss
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I'm porting to #Rust a small program that my dad coded in #QuickBasic, mostly as an excuse to learn Rust. I have to admit that the VSCode #copilot extension is helping me a lot. Particularly the feature to explain errors and warnings.
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I'm porting to #Rust a small program that my dad coded in #QuickBasic, mostly as an excuse to learn Rust. I have to admit that the VSCode #copilot extension is helping me a lot. Particularly the feature to explain errors and warnings.
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I've been thinking I need a #fun side project for when I'm not feeling working on big things. I have the source #code for a few old #DOS #games I've hacked on a few times.
The games were written in #QuickBasic (and it's predecessors) and in the past I've used #QB64 to get them running natively on Windows....
Now I'm thinking of using an #LLM (e.g. like that powering #github #copilot) to translate the code into a modern language.
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I've been thinking I need a #fun side project for when I'm not feeling working on big things. I have the source #code for a few old #DOS #games I've hacked on a few times.
The games were written in #QuickBasic (and it's predecessors) and in the past I've used #QB64 to get them running natively on Windows....
Now I'm thinking of using an #LLM (e.g. like that powering #github #copilot) to translate the code into a modern language.
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Discovering foreign worlds or even distant planets has always been the kind of fascination that can be simulated especially by computer games in such an enjoyable way. The programming of such worlds alone is worth exploring. The #DOSGame #JoeStarmanOnPlanetX is a short tour through some role-playing fantasy and - as it is open source - also allows a look at the #QuickBasic code in the background.
https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1561/Joe-Starman-On-Planet-X.html
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Discovering foreign worlds or even distant planets has always been the kind of fascination that can be simulated especially by computer games in such an enjoyable way. The programming of such worlds alone is worth exploring. The #DOSGame #JoeStarmanOnPlanetX is a short tour through some role-playing fantasy and - as it is open source - also allows a look at the #QuickBasic code in the background.
https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1561/Joe-Starman-On-Planet-X.html
