From the OP: (me)
Just trying to help a friend from way back, get them the ability to run
their present Basic code (or modified, or rewritten, or....) on "new" PCs
-
XP class or so. Not trying to ****t to MS Basic, I was hoping to '****t it
into something modern - VB, VB.NET, Powerbasic, not sure what other
flavors
would be "easy" for me to understand. The original progams are available
as
text files, that would be easily copied or rewritten. The original set
was
written as 90+ stand-alone programs, of which a set of 4 are a
split/overlay, as one program grew too big for the environment, and I
split
it into a base with 3 overlays. I don't need to convert more than 25 -
but
if I could get one, the rest would be easy.
I have looked at PowerBasic, and a couple of others. I must have
"writers
block" - having a DIFFICULT time trying to get my brain around the
differences in the languages. I was hoping that one of the Basics would
be
easier for me - but am drawing a blank.
I appreciate all the comments, and have learned some new things. I am a
MS
network Admin, 15 years experience, can set up MS servers, Novel, and MS
workstations, and use VB scripting for logons, many other purposes. Far
from stupid, but as to what should be an easy task - feel real dumb!
Randy Reimers
"Michael Mattias" <mmattias@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "DAVID" <david@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> But ****ting a big overlay program to MS Basic
>> would be just as difficult.
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> Actually it would be silly. MS-BASIC would be an incredibly poor choice
of
> target languages to serve as a destination for such a project.
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> But... if one has one's heart set on using MS-BASIC for this project,
> better to start with a clean sheet of paper and rewrite the application
> completely.
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> MCM
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