| Message Title | Author and Date |
| Qbasic reader with some features |
on Jul 23 |
| I forgot to say... |
on Jul 23 |
| line count |
on Jul 23 |
| Using QBASIC's indexing would be faster/"better" |
on Jul 23 |
| it certainly would be faster | mennonite on Jul 23 |
| Random Files have no advantages over binary files except... |
on Jul 23 |
| i've always assumed that if your project is large enough, you'll need binary anyway | mennonite on Jul 23 |
| Yes, as would I...but this is to say..... |
on Jul 23 |
| naturally, i disagree | mennonite on Jul 23 |
| Here's another definition of random file. |
on Jul 23 |
| Re: Here's another definition of random file. | Anonymous on Jul 23 |
| ahh, but ... |
on Jul 23 |
| i wish you could show me how that's true | mennonite on Jul 23 |
| Elementary my dear menn ;) always wanted to say that. |
on Jul 23 |
| * 30$ faster? I guess time really is money | qbguy on Jul 23 |
| LOL I thought that was a given ;). lol. |
on Jul 23 |
| * More than two LOLs in one post = need to go in the Laughter Forum | Forum Police on Jul 23 |
| LOL My bad ;).... |
on Jul 23 |
| Please move the post above to the appropriate forum at... | Note to Pete on Jul 23 |
| ROFLMAO.... |
on Jul 23 |
| * I hereby declare this thread as HIJACKED! Thanks folks |
on Jul 23 |
| *yes, this has gone from how to write the op's program to how to write the op's program | mennonite on Jul 24 |
| Not sure what hijack means to you but I don't see it here. |
on Jul 24 |
| * I don't wanna ride on a plane with me either :-D |
on Jul 24 |
| it works...:) |
on Jul 23 |
| Blank Lines are not records. 0 length versus 100 |
on Jul 23 |
| that certainly is a point in its favor | mennonite on Jul 23 |
| For this job, RANDOM may be overkill |
on Jul 23 |
| well that's the thing, i think it usually is | mennonite on Jul 23 |
| * TYPE works better for me. Just show them that instead. |
on Jul 23 |
| I'm creating an article on the FIELD statement.... |
on Jul 23 |
| *The program MONEY.BAS that came with QBasic uses FIELD (I have a copy if you want one). |
on Jul 23 |
| * IF it's the one that originally came with QBasic, I want it ;) please. |
on Jul 23 |
| *Check your mail. |
on Jul 23 |
| *Bob, I don't have the Money.Bas either. Could you send it? |
on Jul 23 |
| *On the way. |
on Jul 23 |
| While your at it. ADD a FAQ for file access modes too. |
on Jul 23 |
| i didn't think the purpose of the forum was to write faq's all the time | mennonite on Jul 24 |
| *Your right! You DON'T think.........you twitter about nothing |
on Jul 24 |
| adult |
on Sep 8 |
| Anyway, disk space is an issue |
on Jul 23 |
| * I sure hope not! You won't be programming long if it is. |
on Jul 23 |
| This is supposed to run on an vintage palmtop |
on Jul 23 |
| use sequential then | mennonite on Jul 23 |
| * My QB folder is over 300 MB alone. |
on Jul 23 |
| RE: RANDOM and file size |
on Jul 24 |
| Ironically, I could have used RANDOM instead of BINARY for indexing in my previous example |
on Jul 24 |
| Thanks i will try this |
on Jul 24 |
| Size ok nice solution |
on Jul 24 |
| Couldn't you have used simple Integer instead of & ? |
on Aug 5 |
| If you just use lnes of text data, you can use Sequencial files |
on Jul 23 |
| *sequential is good. binary and sequential files could still be edited in notepad. | mennonite on Jul 23 |
| I remember trying to edit them LOL |
on Jul 23 |
| i mean if you used sequential or binary to simulate random | mennonite on Jul 23 |
| i'm not sure your post makes any sense, but | mennonite on Jul 23 |
| Line Wrapping | qbguy on Jul 23 |
| * 80 is max PRINT line. OP is using 75 for indentations |
on Jul 23 |
| 124 colours in SCREEN 12 |
on Jul 21 |
| a suggestion | moi on Jul 21 |
| Re: a suggestion |
on Jul 21 |
| i still wanna know how they wrote the freize program | mennonite on Jul 21 |
| oh... actually they also invented the .pcx file | mennonite on Jul 21 |
| *Epic fail | Anonymous on Jul 22 |
| I'd think interrupts would be ideal... |
on Jul 22 |
| Reference (URL) |
on Jul 22 |
| And? |
on Jul 22 |
| * In particular was the latency part, tens of microseconds. |
on Jul 22 |
| And you expect interpreted BASIC to compete with that? |
on Jul 22 |
| Re: And you expect interpreted BASIC to compete with that? |
on Jul 23 |
| No, I don't |
on Jul 23 |
| UML diagrams in web page?? |
on Jul 20 |
| Drawing Sprites | Ben on Jul 20 |
| It works fine if you PSET it... |
on Jul 20 |
| If I'm not mistaken | lkt153 on Jul 20 |
| Hey, lkt153, very interesting -- quick question... |
on Jul 20 |
| Hmmm |
on Jul 20 |
| *Thanks Artelius -- I appreciate the warning -- I won't advertise the method. |
on Jul 20 |
| * AND is exactly what it does, I didn't know about the palette loss part, though. | lkt153 on Jul 21 |
| * Don't use OUT for that! POKE should not cause any damage however |
on Jul 20 |
| * I'm trying to use POKE instead of PSET for practice | Ben on Jul 20 |
| *Then POKE in SCREEN 13 all you want |
on Jul 20 |
| There's a FAQ about POKEing SCREEN 12 (*URL) |
on Jul 20 |
| Re: It works fine if you PSET it... | Ben on Jul 20 |
| Ok then... |
on Jul 20 |
| q basic code | ax on Jul 18 |
| English for Key command words unless you have Spanish edition |
on Jul 18 |
| There is a spanish qbasic? | qbguy on Jul 18 |
| Naturally The Keywords are the same! But they don't know that LOL |
on Jul 18 |
| DEFINT and BSAVE are abbreviations | qbguy on Jul 19 |
| * BASIC SAVE? |
on Jul 19 |
| * Not Bitmap! Binary save |
on Jul 19 |
| * Binary save? what does that do? | Ben on Jul 20 |
| Binary SAVE means... |
on Jul 20 |
| * IMPRESIÓN: "Hola World" | bp on Jul 19 |
| All key words are in the BASIC language. | Solitaire on Jul 18 |
| It is like American square dancing. | roy on Jul 18 |
| actually there is a french or spanish qbasic... | mennonite on Jul 20 |
| The idea died, I think |
on Jul 20 |
| You were close... | Antoni on Jul 21 |
| I made a program to translate BASIC reserved words | qbguy on Jul 19 |
| QB in a language different than English | Ralph on Jul 21 |
| *I know quite a few Japanese that would argue the point |
on Jul 22 |
| * Hmm... what does Japanese assembly look like? |
on Jul 22 |
| * A lot more cryptic than normal........... |
on Jul 22 |
| http://www.qbasic.com/wbb/filebase_entry.php?entryid=170&sid= | Opresion on Jul 25 |
| new game (url and info/backstory) | bp on Jul 16 |
| The code should be in there... |
on Jul 17 |
| this is excellent news! | bp on Jul 18 |
| *Yikes! You might consider a scanner and textbridge |
on Jul 18 |
| * hmm. textbridge @ $75+. i think i'll just type a lot :) | bp on Jul 18 |
| * Have hacked OmniPage Pro if you have scanner |
on Jul 18 |
| OCR | qbguy on Jul 18 |
| thanks for jocr, i sat on my scanner and ocr'd my butt | mennonite on Jul 19 |
| *I got it free with my scanner -- and it was only about $75 for everything. |
on Jul 21 |
| * Did you ever pick up the software I sent BP? |
on Jul 26 |
| for NEWK1234 (it still ain't "tobor") | bp on Jul 19 |
| Close... |
on Jul 21 |
| *you could always just stop playing bp's version | mennonite on Jul 21 |
| Nah, this way I don't have to do any work... |
on Jul 21 |
| Those numberpad keys work better than the arrow keys |
on Jul 21 |
| Re: The arrow keys | Ralph on Jul 21 |
| Oh come on, Ralph (*URL) |
on Jul 21 |
| The program uses EIGHT directions, not four! | Ralph on Jul 21 |
| if not for the 8 direction thing, it's easy to get the arrow keys with inkey$ | mennonite on Jul 21 |
| TRY this Ralph |
on Jul 21 |
| *Ted, that's exactly what the program does. I'm with you and the number keypad | Ralph on Jul 23 |
| *Oh, my bad |
on Jul 22 |
| You can go diagonal too!? |
on Jul 22 |
| * LOL / ROFL / etc. :) | bp on Jul 22 |
| screen capture | Beth on Jul 16 |
| What Screen mode are you using? |
on Jul 16 |
| Thanks | Beth on Jul 16 |
| I find that I can copy the image if in a window... |
on Jul 21 |
| * In XP? My NTVDM doesn't allow ALT+ENTER in graphics modes |
on Jul 21 |
| * Same here. Just minimizes it |
on Jul 21 |
| *Interesting, works on my W2K but not my WXP |
on Jul 21 |
| Try running Qbasic with Dosbox |
on Jul 17 |
| QBasic Screen size can not get FULL SCREEN | Nobin on Jul 15 |
| * What Screen modes can you run? Is it a 64 bit PC? |
on Jul 15 |
| Re: * What Screen modes can you run? Is it a 64 bit PC? | Anonymous on Jul 22 |
| V'GER Lite - new version release notes & url |
on Jul 14 |
| *Mac would love it -- but the name "Lite" applies less and less (lol!). |
on Jul 14 |
| * uhh... it's still half the size of the original if that counts for anything :) | bp on Jul 14 |
| Counts for a lot ... |
on Jul 14 |
| i knew exactly what you meant, TheBOB ;) | bp on Jul 14 |
| another minor glitch fixed.. | bp on Jul 16 |
| Halftone.bas | Ralph on Jul 13 |
| -*Please move above post to thread below! Thanks. | Ralph on Jul 13 |
| *Darn it Ralph! You're either too late or out of thread! |
on Jul 13 |
| * Probably.............by Bob himself |
on Jul 13 |
| *I think I lost my bobbin late last night;;; so, no thread | Ralph on Jul 13 |
| I tried the sub program on a few illustrations... |
on Jul 13 |
| Dithering and 256 colors in screen 12 |
on Jul 13 |
| Nice job! Looks way better than previous effort |
on Jul 13 |
| Re: Nice job! Looks way better than previous effort | Ralph on Jul 13 |
| In a structured program it might be useful................ |
on Jul 13 |
| URL to halftone program... |
on Jul 13 |
| Please move thread to Bob's Studio |
on Jul 13 |
| *I appreciate your concern, Clipster, but fyi, I love coffee! |
on Jul 13 |
| * You've got a live one at your Studio Bob! |
on Jul 13 |
| Its dithered so... | qbguy on Jul 13 |
| Randomize was a leftover from the previous code, and... | Ralph on Jul 13 |
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