http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/ $ en-us Copyright 2003-2005, Talk About Network. All Rights Reserved. 2008-05-13T16:05:57+00:00 TAN rss@talkaboutnetwork.com Discussion hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://tan12.talkaboutnetwork.com/images/spacer.gif http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/ http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75631.html Hi everyone....... I am using SuSE Linux 10.0 and would like to have a GWBASIC interpreter clone (preferred) for Linux.......Google has failed me,There is no such program as of yet. The GWBASIC program for DOS doesnt work under Wine OR WineConsole Pl... MC PRTK ltprtk.uncensored@[EMAIL PROTECT... Discussion 2008-05-07T23:02:53+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75628.html Is there a way in vb6 to read and store information in a JPEG file. I have a program which saves jpeg files to a folder but in the process I want to store a subject (text) somewhere in the file other than the filename. Can vb access the picture pr... Diggy ltdgnospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt Discussion 2008-05-02T10:02:27+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75623.html The article says that at 4 a.m. on May 1st, 1964, Kemeny and Kurtz ran their first BASIC program on Dartmouth colleges General Electric GE-225 mainframe. (Thankfully, they continued program language development beyond their Dartmouth Oversimplified ... R.Nicholson ltrhnlogic@[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Discussion 2008-05-01T10:35:03+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75609.html FYI-- A new version of XBLite, v2.4.0, has been released and is available for download from the XBLite website: http://xblite.pagesperso-orange.fr/ or download directly from: http://xblite.pagesperso-orange.fr/xblite_240.zip http://xblite.pagespe... XBLite ltxblitesaynospamming@[EMAIL PROT... Discussion 2008-04-16T02:28:51+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75605.html Download (~5.7MB) is available here: http://www.mediafire.com/?dbpdnibw9xj Demo #7 is the first major version of QB64 which is self-compiled. Demo #7 contains around 50 bug fixes (this was the main focus) and also provides some newly implemented com... dean.menezes@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Discussion 2008-04-12T05:43:47+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75576.html - BBC BASIC: Missing - Liberty Basic: Unfinished String Liberty BASIC is the one that cant handle X = -SIN(Y). BBC BASIC I dont know. dow david.williams@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David... Discussion 2008-04-08T21:20:23+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75574.html - Not as easy as PRINT T. - Or: - ? T - -) Or ? T Pretty well any BASIC will close the quotation marks automatically. dow david.williams@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David... Discussion 2008-04-08T16:20:35+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75570.html - a$ = Test - Segment = SSEG(a$) - Offset = SADD(a$) - DEF SEG = Segment - - ? CHR$(PEEK(SADD(a$))) - will still print T no matter if a$ is near or far. - All very true, but wouldnt LEFT$(a$,1) still be a lot easier? Not as easy as PRIN... david.williams@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David... Discussion 2008-04-08T09:56:34+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75556.html Hello, I just released a new version of the bas7 basic interpreter, which can execute old basic programs from the line number era (If you know GW-Basic: That was the era). The interpreter is released under the GPL. A description of bas7 can be found... thomas.mertes@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Discussion 2008-04-06T13:21:53+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75555.html Please find at the link below some examples of PowerBASIC programming techniques along with several useful fully-functional programs. http://www.davar.net/PC/PBASIC/PBASIC.HTM PowerBASIC support 4DOS batch command scripts -------- PowerBASIC Funct... Vladimir Veytsel ltVladV@[EMAIL PROTECTE... Discussion 2008-04-06T17:47:29+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75554.html Many important enhancements, bugs and documentation changes are included in this snapshot release. New Since the Last Snapshot Release (0.25) ================================ 1. LET statement permits array assignments 2. CHAIN and COMMON ... Warren Gay ltve3wwg@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt... Discussion 2008-04-04T20:35:23+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75550.html - is there a FAQ for this NG? - If not, is there a series of sites you to which you point folks new to - Qbasic? - Thanks, Mike There are a lot of us here who use QBasic. If you have questions, ask away! DOW david.williams@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David... Discussion 2008-04-03T18:23:19+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75548.html is there a FAQ for this NG? If not, is there a series of sites you to which you point folks new to Qbasic? - Thanks, Mike Michael Horowitz ltmhorowit@[EMAIL PROTE... Discussion 2008-04-03T17:36:19+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75543.html This months MacCompanion has a comparison of several Macintosh-based BASIC development environments, including REALbasic, FutureBASIC, KBasic, Objective-Basic, PureBasic, Chipmunk Basic and True BASIC: http://www.maccompanion.com/macc/archives/April... Math1723 ltanonym1723@[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Discussion 2008-04-01T19:05:08+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75536.html I must apologize for the tardiness of the last snapshot release of BDB-BASIC. Somewhere along the way, in my hasty development, I managed to busticate a number of things that did at one time function correctly. Most of what is in this release is bug ... Warren Gay ltve3wwg@[EMAIL PROTECTED] gt... Discussion 2008-03-28T22:38:55+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75534.html - Remember, the *entire* crust of the earth is only about 50 miles thick, - and the radius of the earth is about 4000 miles, making the crust only - about 1.25% of the radius. The core of the earth is believed to consist - mainly of nickel-iron an... david.williams@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David... Discussion 2008-03-28T15:54:09+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75532.html - My guess is that shifting of mass inside the core is more likely to - alter the rotational velocity of the earth than melting water. Even - the entire crust of the earth is infinitesimally thin, in relation to - the size of the earth, and the sp... david.williams@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David... Discussion 2008-03-28T10:03:18+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75531.html I found this old QBasic program that calculates the date of Easter Sunday in any year. Allegedly, it is 100% accurate. Actually, the program contains two routines to do the calculation. They always come up with the same answer, so I suppose they m... david.williams@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David... Discussion 2008-03-27T19:51:52+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75529.html - When the sea lavel rises, its because ice previously on a continent - melted. Ice floating in the water doesnt change the sea level when - it melts (Archimedes principle). But when ice melts and flows into the oceans, the water gets less sal... david.williams@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David... Discussion 2008-03-27T17:42:20+00:00 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/messages/75528.html - But youre correct, the Earth tends to speed up and slow down, which is - one of the reason the equinoxes and solstices arent at precise intervals. - All this is due to gravitational interaction between the Earth and other - bodies. Even we human... david.williams@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David... Discussion 2008-03-27T17:40:05+00:00 Search talkaboutprogramming.com Basic Misc q http://talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.basic.misc/search.html