Question:
where can i get the latest version of ms basic?
maxmac97
2009-05-06 03:32:48 UTC
where can i get the latest version of ms basic
Three answers:
egoid
2009-05-06 04:16:57 UTC
GWBasic

Nobody really knows what GW stands for, some say "Gee Whiz". The oldest version of Microsoft Basic, was part of MS-DOS up to and including version 4.0, afterwards it was replaced by QBasic. In IBM-PC DOS it was simply called basic, and accompanied by BASICA, a somehow advanced version that would run only on IBM machines.

Blast Off is a tutorial.

KindlyRat's GWBasic Page with some old GWBasic games.

Exil is a bytecode-language that (when it's finished) can execute GW-Basic programs, after converting them to an own format.

Bumderland Games has two GWBasic games.

Some more GWBasic games on the PowerBASIC website. PowerBASIC is an - expensive - compiler.

There are quite a lot of Turkish GWBasic sites, I notice.

QBasic

It replaced GWBasic with MS-DOS version 5.0, 1991. It now had quite a comfortable editor, and no need for line numbers any more.

QBasic Games

Beginner's Programming Tutorial in QBasic

The BASIC Archives

Jeremy's QBasic Homepage

O.H.R.RPG.C.E. is a game creation system written in QBasic.

Chipmunk Basic

is a freeware old-fashioned Basic Interpreter, accelerated for the PowerMac, yet still compatible with old 68k Macs running System 6. There is a Windows version too.



Try this site: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/genuinefeedback/thread/7de9e1c5-0688-4724-beca-c228c7f2e38c
Jules H
2009-05-06 05:23:41 UTC
Worm is right, vb.net is the most recent version of ms basic.

Microsoft BASIC (BASICA, GW-BASIC, QuickBasic, QBasic) is no longer found on distributions of Microsoft Windows or DOS, however, it can be downloaded from various internet sites, and archives of DOS versions or old DOS disks which will still run on Pentium class Windows XP machines. The latest version of BASIC is Visual Basic .NET which incorporates most of the features of C++ and C# and can be used to develop web forms, windows forms, console applications and server-based applications. Most .NET code samples are presented in VB.NET as well as C#, and VB.NET continues to be favored by former Visual Basic programmers.
nz_worm
2009-05-06 04:20:56 UTC
You can get VB 2008 Express here: http://www.microsoft.com/Express/VB/


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