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is qbasic free?? and if so were can i get it?


is visual free, and were can i get it and a tutorial.

+ will they work with win98?

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As and the replies note, the old Microsoft QBASIC/QuickBASIC tools were the DOS-era BASIC IDEs that shipped with MS‑DOS and Windows 95/98; those originals are archival now but can still be run from saved copies or via emulation. (en.wikipedia.org)

Practical, modern options useful to anyone reading this years later:

  • QB64 — a maintained, QBASIC/QuickBASIC-compatible IDE/compiler that builds native programs on Windows, Linux and macOS. (qb64.com)
  • FreeBASIC — an open-source QuickBASIC-compatible compiler with more modern extensions. (freebasic.net)

For running the original QBASIC.EXE itself, DOS emulation (DOSBox) is the common, reliable route on modern systems; common workflows mount a local folder as a DOS drive and run QBASIC from there. (dosbox.com)

About Visual Basic: classic Visual Basic (VB6) is the legacy, commercial product from the 1990s and is considered deprecated for new development; for current learning or new Windows applications, the free Visual Studio Community edition includes modern Visual Basic (.NET) tooling and is the practical, supported path. (en.wikipedia.org)

Notes tied to earlier suggestions: ’s BCX idea is a valid migration path for developers wanting to move BASIC-style code toward C/C++; ’s mention of PowerBASIC reflects a historical option for fast native BASIC compilers (those compilers were commercial and the vendor situation has changed since 2004). (en.wikipedia.org)

A typical DOSBox sequence to try archived QBASIC (example, shown as commands):

mount c C:\DOS
c:
cd \exe
qbasic

Cautions: original binaries carry legacy licensing and compatibility considerations; for learning or distribution today, QB64 or FreeBASIC (for BASIC-compatibility) and Visual Studio Community (for modern VB/.NET) are the safest, most future-proof choices. (qb64.com)

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Member Avatar for Toba

QBASIC is indeed free and you can download it here.

Visual basic is not free (It is several hundred dollars, in fact).

Both will work with win98. I hope this answers your questions.

Member Avatar for Sphyenx

QBASIC is indeed free and you can download it here.

Visual basic is not free (It is several hundred dollars, in fact).

Both will work with win98. I hope this answers your questions.

it did thank you!

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If you are somewhat open minded, try BCX. It is free and fairly mature. It was written by Kevin Diggins who migrated from VB to C/C++. It is a Basic to C translator that allows you to write C/C++ programs in a simple readable basic code. You can mix in C or ASM too. There are a number of free C compilers that will take the translated code. The helpfile that comes with BCX is great, and there are lots of code sample files. Learn a good solid basic and C to boot!

I am not selling you anything, the whole system is free!!!

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PowerBasic has 2 windows compilers (and a DOS compiler).
The windows versions allow inline asm.

Very affordable and the best support.

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