1 Feb
1998
1 Feb
'98
10:34 a.m.
It is my understanding that there was once a (Microsoft?) Visual Basic
for DOS. Was it like VB for Windows, and was it any better than QBasic?
If someone has a copy, could they let me (ahem) borrow it?
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1 Feb
1 Feb
10:56 a.m.
Max,
There was a Microsoft QuickBasic for DOS. I believe it got up to at
least version 4.0. I used it long ago on a project or two.
You probably can find a cheap (~$20?) copy of this at some used software
store, like Half Price Software.
Dave
Max Eskin wrote:
It is my understanding that there was once a (Microsoft?) Visual Basic
for DOS. Was it like VB for Windows, and was it any better than QBasic?
If someone has a copy, could they let me (ahem) borrow it?
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11:37 a.m.
Dave wrote:
The commercially available version of QuickBasic differs from the one that
comes with DOS in part by being compiliable. Some versions support 16-bit
OS/2.
There was a version of Visual Basic for DOS, I think it was around the
version 2 timeframe, or it might have been between 1 & 2. In any case your
best bet of finding it would be the used software places. I think it was
pretty short lived, as it came out at about the time MS quit doing DOS
stuff. I can't remember if it let you share your code with the standard
VB, but I think it did. In any case it would be better than the commercial
QuickBasic, and either is better than what comes with DOS.
Zane
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Max Eskin wrote:
It is my understanding that there was once a (Microsoft?) Visual Basic
for DOS. Was it like VB for Windows, and was it any better than QBasic?
There was a Microsoft QuickBasic for DOS. I believe it got up to at
least version 4.0. I used it long ago on a project or two.
You probably can find a cheap (~$20?) copy of this at some used software
store, like Half Price Software. 
12:13 p.m.
Max:
I believe a shop in town had version 1.0 of VBasic. I'll check and see
if it ran on DOS. I think the whole idea was windows' programming, so I
can't see why, but one never knows....
There's also MS Basic compiler and QBasic.
I think as Dave said, QBasic is as close as you'll get. I'll check
tomorrow (monday) or Tuesday, fersher.
-Mike
David C. Jenner wrote:
Max,
There was a Microsoft QuickBasic for DOS. I believe it got up to at
least version 4.0. I used it long ago on a project or two.
You probably can find a cheap (~$20?) copy of this at some used software
store, like Half Price Software.
Dave
Max Eskin wrote:
It is my understanding that there was once a (Microsoft?) Visual Basic
for DOS. Was it like VB for Windows, and was it any better than QBasic?
If someone has a copy, could they let me (ahem) borrow it?
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12:54 p.m.
Well, I should have checked before responding. Here is more (correct)
detail:
1) QBasic is not QuickBasic; QBasic came with DOS, QuickBasic was a more
extensive, separate product.
2) QuickBasic got to version 4.5 in 1988.
3) Versions 1 (1991) through 3 (1993) of Visual Basic were available for
DOS (as well as Windows).
QuickBasic was based on a GUI, albeit in character mode.
Dave
Mike Allison wrote:
Max:
I believe a shop in town had version 1.0 of VBasic. I'll check and see
if it ran on DOS. I think the whole idea was windows' programming, so I
can't see why, but one never knows....
There's also MS Basic compiler and QBasic.
I think as Dave said, QBasic is as close as you'll get. I'll check
tomorrow (monday) or Tuesday, fersher.
-Mike
David C. Jenner wrote:
>
> Max,
>
> There was a Microsoft QuickBasic for DOS. I believe it got up to at
> least version 4.0. I used it long ago on a project or two.
>
> You probably can find a cheap (~$20?) copy of this at some used software
> store, like Half Price Software.
>
> Dave
>
> Max Eskin wrote:
> >
> > It is my understanding that there was once a (Microsoft?) Visual Basic
> > for DOS. Was it like VB for Windows, and was it any better than QBasic?
> > If someone has a copy, could they let me (ahem) borrow it?
> >
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2:21 p.m.
I kept thinking that there was a separate QuickBasic compiler that one
had to purchase, but then I couldn't think of why you'd buy QBasic, when
you got QBasic. I guess that spells it out.
-Mike
David C. Jenner wrote:
Well, I should have checked before responding. Here is more (correct)
detail:
1) QBasic is not QuickBasic; QBasic came with DOS, QuickBasic was a more
extensive, separate product.
2) QuickBasic got to version 4.5 in 1988.
3) Versions 1 (1991) through 3 (1993) of Visual Basic were available for
DOS (as well as Windows).
QuickBasic was based on a GUI, albeit in character mode.
Dave
3 Feb
3 Feb
4:29 a.m.
There actually was a Visual Basic for DOS product. It was very much like
Visual Basic V1 execpt that everything was in character mode. It supported
menus, listboxes, comboboxes, and like like without graphics.
Bob
At 04:56 PM 2/1/98 -0800, you wrote:
Max,
There was a Microsoft QuickBasic for DOS. I believe it got up to at
least version 4.0. I used it long ago on a project or two.
You probably can find a cheap (~$20?) copy of this at some used software
store, like Half Price Software.
Dave
Max Eskin wrote:
It is my understanding that there was once a (Microsoft?) Visual Basic
for DOS. Was it like VB for Windows, and was it any better than QBasic?
If someone has a copy, could they let me (ahem) borrow it?
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1 Feb
1 Feb
11:42 p.m.
I have a copy, it's pretty much just MS Basic with a text-based windowing
system on top.
I may be able to let a copy go out, seeing as I hardly ever use mine,
but wouldn't that be breaking the End-Luser-Agreement?
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