GW-BASIC

Download GW-BASIC here! Below we have GWBASIC
3.23, GW-BASIC Manual, Compiler, tutorials, examples and games, all absolutly
free. Just click on the blue lettered selection, save and un-zip.

Welcome Modern School of Nagpur

--DIRECTIONS--

Click, download and unzip the following zip files:

GWBASIC.EXE.zip
- the complete GW-BASIC 3.23 ( 60.3K )

GWBASIC_Help.zip
- a complete GW-BASIC manual by Microsoft in "help" format with indexes and easy
to use format. Many thanks to Tom Cloud!

gw-man.zip - a
complete GW-BASIC manual by Microsoft in html files. Thanks to Thomas
Shaffner. Click on index 2 after downloading. It is an excellent linked index.

Another
manual for GW-BASIC.

COMPILER.zip -
a GW-BASIC compiler. Read the "read me" for all the information that I know. It
outputs a stand alone exe file when compiled with the /O option and linked.

OptionList.zip
- a list of options for the GW-BASIC compiler (BASCOM). Some do not work.

Compiling
GW-BASIC -porting GW-BASIC to QuickBasic2.0 ( probably our compiler ).

GWCOM.html - an
optional list of commands. 12 Jun 2002 by KindlyRat before the above manual was
recieved.

exil- a Linux / GW-BASIC
converter.

basictut.zip - an
optional tutorial by Castcoly Software. After unzipping click BT1 and BT2 and
press "page up" and "page down" to read.

Free BASIC Compilers and Interpreters

Norman DeForest
- deep research into the GW-BASIC language.

Scott's
GW-BASIC / Windows solutions!

IconToBasic - run
your favorite BASIC programs from desktop Icons!

BASICtoTEXT -
change BASIC to Text (Notepad) files.

GWscan - a program
from ScottServer that does the same thing. Check out the other programs too!

Here's another good GW-BASIC tutorial.

Here's a link to a TRS-80 (RadioShack) to
Windows translator by AW Software.

hbasic.zip - A version
of GW-BASIC for Hercules graphics

Commodore Basic
for Windows.

Microsoft
Small Basic A new BASIC for Windows!.

font.zip - a font set for
GW-BASIC for Hercules graphics

Here's some new fonts for the DOS Box that we
use with GW-BASIC, Thanks to Matt Gregory!

-- HINTS --

GW-BASIC was once the main language used on home computers and
is still useful in learning the fundamentals of computer programming and smaller
utility programs. It still runs on Microsoft Windows computers thru WindowsXP,
though not in a window, but on the black screen used for MS-DOS programming
above that will pop up when you click on the GWBASIC icon.

GW-BASIC is an interpreted language which means that it isn't
compiled. You type the program in or copy and paste it into a text ( Notepad )
file saved with the name and a .BAS suffix, surrounded by quotation marks.
Entering "run" will start the program. GW-BASIC uses line numbers and runs and
saves files with a ".BAS" suffix in the same file as the interpreter. You can
also run a program by "dragging and dropping" the program on top of the
interpreter.

You can find a Users Guide and Reference at any good garage
sale or library. Also don't forget to check Amazon.com's
used books and I found a "Microsoft GW-BASIC Users Guide and Reference" at Half.com
for $0.75! If all else fails I have a list of GW-Basic commands for download
above and several tutorials and links to tutorials.

---GWBASIC GAMES---

note: these games are for GW-BASIC, BUT can be "LIST"ed and
clipboarded and saved to notepad. Then you can load them into other BASIC
languages. You may have to change a few lines.

dominoes.zip...a
good dominoes game
chess1.zip...chess game
by RAKASKA
SLOT.zip...slot machine
game by ROCHE FAHLANEIGH
MNPLY.zip...monoply game
by ROCHE FAHLANEIGH
bluesbox.zip...a song
writing / playing program
checkers.zip...a good
but dumb game
SantaParavia.zip...(
UNDER DEVELOPMENT )
lemonade.zip...run a
lemonade stand
HAMURABI.zip...rule a
primitive society
HAMURABI3.zip...rule a
primitive society
Slot6.zip...a good slot
machine game
Pic3.zip...draws random
colorful rectangles
BATNUM.zip...a good math
game. add line "110 RANDOMIZE TIMER" for better random numbers
23mtch.zip... an old 23
Match game
aceydu.zip... acey deucy
anyone?
buzzwd.zip... a buzzword
creator
chomp.zip... two or more
players. from ScientificAmerican
craps.zip... a good craps
game
stars.zip... a
number guessing game
fibonacc.zip... a
Fibonacci Series Calculator
mugwmp.zip... find the
mugwmp on a 10 X 10 grid
eliza.zip... an
artificial intelligence game
nim.zip... a good NIM game,
use caps
Scott...BASIC
programs
salvo1.zip...an
artillery game

---CODE EXAMPLES---

archie.zip...learn
Structured BASIC Programming!
BAS-INT.zip...C code
for a tiny BASIC interpreter.
gwup07.zip...decodes
protected GW-BASIC programs
sequential.zip...demonstrates
search, list first and read
circles.zip... random
circles in SCREEN1
SDOFRND2.zip...
predict future by random generators
snails.zip...population
sampeling theory test
PIBAS.zip...PI
calculation by the casino method
RootSumSquare.zip...
prove a calculation method
factor.zip... finds the
factors of numbers
demo2.zip... old Zenith
BASIC graphics demo
menuet.zip... PLAY music
demonstration
binary.zip...demonstrates
search, list first and read
dietest.zip...checks
the Random Generator
two-buffer.zip...demonstrates
sort of A$, list first and read
bubble.zip...demonstrates
sort of A$, list first and read
Mandelbrot.zip...Mandelbrot
Fractal demonstration
ListDisk.zip... by
Eric Tchong, formats BASIC programs for listing or printing.
SortThem... another
Eric Tchong QuickBASIC program that demonstrates sorts.
RanHex.zip...random
hexadecimal generator
Cypher.zip...a text
encoding program
AnimalVegtableMineral.zip...a
game/example that learns
99bob.zip...demonstrates
messing around in BASIC
combinations.zip...possible
combinations of three numbers
MorseConverter...converts
a message to Morse Code.

KindlyRat

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