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by David
Thu Aug 27, 2015 4:10 pm
Forum: QBasic / QuickBasic related
Topic: Opening old programs in QBasic in Win 7
Replies: 3
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Re: Opening old programs in QBasic in Win 7

Many thanks, Crossroads. I'll keep DOSBox in mind. Another idea I found after posting the original message was QB64 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QB64), which runs on modern versions of Windows without needing DOS. I'll see how Dad goes with that, and keep DOSBox as a fall-back in case that doesn't ...
by David
Sat Aug 15, 2015 1:56 pm
Forum: QBasic / QuickBasic related
Topic: Opening old programs in QBasic in Win 7
Replies: 3
Views: 2166

Opening old programs in QBasic in Win 7

Hello all,

I'm trying to help my dad transition from a dying Win XP box to a new Win 7 box. He has a number of programs half-written, some quite long, which he desperately wants to continue working on. I've managed to get QBasic running in VM Player as per the instructions here: http://www.qbasic ...