IBM PC BASIC Manual?

Post #29,853 by altmann 2/26/02 3:19:57 PM Reply	IBM PC BASIC Manual? One of those green hardcover in a box ones, still in its shrinkwrap. Version 3.0 (!) says the sticker. I think I have a copy of Bart Simpson's Guide to Life sitting around somewhere too. -- Chris Altmann
Post #29,857 by wharris2 2/26/02 3:22:22 PM Reply	Ah, but it would have been useful once upon a time, eh? Where each demon is slain, more hate is raised, yet hate unchecked also multiplies. - L. E. Modesitt
Post #30,070 by altmann 2/27/02 7:05:15 PM Reply	True. I wanted to say my Borland Object Vision manual but .. . ... I seem to have thrown that away along with my Preliminary Win32 API reference books (Vol I _and_ II !) PS: What was ObjectVision useful for anyways? I can't remember. I think I got it cheap via some other Borland product. PPS: Yes, I was a bit of a fanboy for the Next big Thing(tm) back then. I've (mostly) got over it :) -- Chris Altmann
Post #30,095 by wharris2 2/27/02 10:43:07 PM Reply	Object Vision? Wasn't that some sort of GUI screen painter along the lines of Powerbuilder? No, I must be thinking of something else, I don't remember Borland ever doing something like that, except with Delphi and C++. Where each demon is slain, more hate is raised, yet hate unchecked also multiplies. - L. E. Modesitt
Post #30,099 by morganek 2/27/02 10:58:42 PM Reply	Object Vision Object Vision was text-based windowing with menus across the top. It let you build apps that looked like the later TurboPascal IDEs. Mike
Post #30,125 by altmann 2/28/02 4:01:17 AM 2/28/02 4:14:47 AM Reply	No. That was Turbo Vision There is a project out there that ported (is porting?) it to Linux. Now that I think about it and look at a few posts from DejaGoogle, Object Vision was a Windows-based tool that let you create simple data-entry form type database apps with any logic created visually via a flowchart-like interface. I've still got the disks (1 HD floppy plus a floppy with the the runtime dist), but the installer doesn't seem to like W2K. I think there was an OS/2 version as well. -- Chris Altmann Edited by altmann Feb. 28, 2002, 04:14:47 AM EST Expand All History
Post #30,211 by morganek 2/28/02 4:48:33 PM Reply	My Bad--You're right (just a link inside) [link\|http://www.sybase.com/detail/1,6904,81418,00.html\|[link\|http://www.sybase.com/detail/1,6904,81418,00.html\|http://www.sybase.c...1418,00.html]]
Post #29,863 by a6l6e6x 2/26/02 3:46:07 PM Reply	Ah, but Appendix D has Extended ASCII codes with the sample characters. Nice reference. Otherwise, agree. Alex "Of course, you realize this means war." -B. Bunny

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