10 Apr
2005
10 Apr
'05
2:16 p.m.
On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 19:34:29 -0400
Paul E Pentecost <paul-pentecost7 at juno.com> wrote:
I am looking for the origional GW-Basic Compiler what
would you like
in trade I do have a great deal in my research Archives here.
Dr. Pentecost
paul-pentecost7 at juno.com
GW-Basic is an interpreter (run-time compilation).
My understanding is that it was originally part of MS-DOS. PC-DOS from
IBM had BASIC and BASICA, which relied on the ROM BASIC in a True Blue
system.
I have the IBM Basic Compiler 1.0, also the IBM Pascal Compiler 1.0, in
IBM slipcovers with manuals. They go nicely with my PC-DOS 1.0. I'm
not looking to trade them, though.
Doesn't the GW in GW-Basic stand for Graphics Workstation? Is MS-DOS
really where the BASIC interpreter with this name originates? I know
Microsoft produced a lot of other BASIC versions that predate MS-DOS.
Please correct any of the above. I am not an authority on any of this.