Hi-
I am completely new at programming. In fact, I haven't even started classes yet, just reading an old second-hand book on QBASIC. I've gotten to a part where it tells me how to get into QBASIC and how to write a sample program. At the DOS prompt, I typed in the command the book gave me and apparently my system does not seem to have QBASIC files at all. I tried both QBASIC and QBASIC.exe. Is there something I'm doing wrong or something I can download to get my computer to be compatible with what I'm trying to learn? Hopefully someone can help me out because I'm totally lost here. And please not too much technical wording. I can understand most but not a lot of it. Like I said I'm really new. :confused:
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Jump to PostFirst search for Qbasic.exe on your computer.
Qbasic was included starting with DOS version 5.0 and was also on the Win95 and Win98(i think) CD-ROMs.If you find it, be sure that either you are in the folder containing Qbasic.exe when you are at the prompt or that it …
Jump to PostFor BASIC fans, you might want to take a look at
http://www.qbcafe.net/english/index.html?dl_pages/compiler/index.html~qbc_main
Jump to PostI'm guessing the problem is because QBasic is NOT installed. It came with older versions of Windows, and just about all DOS systems... however, with the advent of 2k and XP, I'm pretty sure that they don't have QBasic any more. I'm sure you can search around, and find a …
Jump to PostI have 5 old msdos 3.1 disks . QBASIC is on the 5th. It came with an old Win 3.1 machine from late 80's / 90's. I could send it to you..
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