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Post #46,425
by CRConrad
7/22/02 7:44:58 PM
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New Naah, it sucked - and was bloated as all Hell, too.
What, you say, "Edit.EXE was only [whateverthefuck] KB"?

Yeah, sure... But -- did you ever try to run it after deleting the several-hundred-KB Basic.EXE?
   Christian R. Conrad
Microsoft is a true reflection of Bill Gates' personality - the sleaziest, most unethical, ugliest little rat's ass the world has seen unto this time. -- [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=42971|Andrew Grygus]
Post #46,428
by orion
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7/22/02 7:57:23 PM
7/22/02 8:00:14 PM
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New EDIT.COM
came out in MS-DOS 5.0 and used QBASIC.EXE's editor. QBASIC.EXE being Quick BASIC.

[link|http://www.qbasic.com/|[link|http://www.qbasic.com/|http://www.qbasic.com/]] for more info.

It was basically GWBASIC on steroids. A move towards Visual BASIC, without the GUI or Forms. It allowed BASIC code without line numbers and had a bit of structure to it.

If you want the old DOS utilities that included Quick BASIC, then download:
[link|http://www.microsoft.com/windows/download/olddos.exe|[link|http://www.microsoft.com/windows/download/olddos.exe|http://www.microsof...d/olddos.exe]] they don't come with Windows anymore, except in that "OLDDOS" directory on Windows 98, etc.

Fixed OLDDOS.EXE link, found the new location of the download.

The old DOS based BBSes use to hold contests as to who could write the best QBASIC program. Last version of QBASIC was 4.5, IIRC.
I am free now, to choose my own destiny.
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     courtesy MMoffit, MS products that really work(ed) - (boxley) - (67) - July 19, 2002, 09:32:12 AM EDT
         Let me add to this list: - (jb4) - July 19, 2002, 09:48:53 AM EDT
         MultiPlan??? - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - July 19, 2002, 11:16:05 AM EDT
             MultiPlan was a huge freaking *revelation* to me. - (CRConrad) - (2) - July 19, 2002, 03:23:46 PM EDT
                 Yup (R1C1) - (altmann) - July 19, 2002, 10:16:31 PM EDT
                 Re: MultiPlan was a great product on Xenix - (dmarker2) - July 21, 2002, 05:07:15 AM EDT
             Dang,,,, - (folkert) - (1) - July 19, 2002, 09:31:11 PM EDT
                 Re: the CAD package. Generic CAD? I still have diskettes. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - July 20, 2002, 11:59:58 AM EDT
         Solitare -NT - (Silverlock) - (2) - July 19, 2002, 01:16:58 PM EDT
             And, of course, FreeCell! -NT - (jb4) - July 19, 2002, 01:29:16 PM EDT
             No - the OS/2 solitare is much better. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - July 19, 2002, 04:06:53 PM EDT
         Don't you forget... - (orion) - July 19, 2002, 04:31:55 PM EDT
         Gah - (wharris2) - (51) - July 20, 2002, 01:07:28 AM EDT
             terminal.exe sux? - (boxley) - (28) - July 20, 2002, 08:52:42 PM EDT
                 HyperTerm suffers from what I call the ProComm Error. - (static) - (27) - July 21, 2002, 11:28:48 PM EDT
                     Er, boggle? - (admin) - (23) - July 22, 2002, 10:14:17 AM EDT
                         Well... - (static) - (22) - July 23, 2002, 02:59:33 AM EDT
                             Qmodem I used - (orion) - (21) - July 23, 2002, 04:39:58 PM EDT
                                 Most BBSers had their favourite. - (static) - (20) - July 23, 2002, 11:57:34 PM EDT
                                     Bitcomm? - (orion) - (1) - July 24, 2002, 12:17:12 AM EDT
                                         That doesn't sound right. - (static) - July 24, 2002, 01:12:04 AM EDT
                                     Trying to remember this one... - (inthane-chan) - (17) - July 24, 2002, 11:01:41 AM EDT
                                         Kermit? -NT - (boxley) - (1) - July 24, 2002, 12:14:34 PM EDT
                                             Nope. -NT - (inthane-chan) - July 24, 2002, 07:54:56 PM EDT
                                         Most of my friends used DoubleDOS for that. - (orion) - July 24, 2002, 01:31:27 PM EDT
                                         Sounds familiar. - (static) - July 25, 2002, 12:20:15 AM EDT
                                         Me, too (trying to remember) - (wharris2) - (7) - July 25, 2002, 05:56:50 PM EDT
                                             No idea... - (inthane-chan) - July 25, 2002, 08:37:51 PM EDT
                                             I Remember (I think) - (wharris2) - (5) - July 26, 2002, 03:08:52 AM EDT
                                                 OT re your JerryP quote: Would those be *Intel* lawyers? :-) -NT - (CRConrad) - (4) - July 26, 2002, 03:52:20 AM EDT
                                                     Re: OT re your JerryP quote: Would those be *Intel* lawyers? - (wharris2) - (3) - July 26, 2002, 04:17:10 AM EDT
                                                         Duh - think I didn't know that? (T'was a pun; AMD "Hammer") -NT - (CRConrad) - July 26, 2002, 09:29:31 AM EDT
                                                         Novel name was "Lucifer's Hammer" - (inthane-chan) - July 26, 2002, 11:05:18 AM EDT
                                                         I agree - (orion) - July 26, 2002, 07:15:45 PM EDT
                                         Any of these ring a bell? (Lots of other nostalgiaware too) - (altmann) - (4) - July 25, 2002, 07:23:26 PM EDT
                                             Nope. -NT - (inthane-chan) - July 25, 2002, 08:37:47 PM EDT
                                             Ah! Crosstalk was it, I'm sure -NT - (wharris2) - July 25, 2002, 08:45:06 PM EDT
                                             Microsoft Access - (orion) - (1) - July 26, 2002, 01:35:57 AM EDT
                                                 Never used it, but I remember it. - (static) - July 26, 2002, 07:10:48 AM EDT
                     Eh? - (pwhysall) - (2) - July 22, 2002, 12:04:44 PM EDT
                         I posted in a hurry. - (static) - (1) - July 23, 2002, 02:56:21 AM EDT
                             Hyperterm - (orion) - July 23, 2002, 04:42:21 PM EDT
             Long lost sidekick - (Silverlock) - (21) - July 22, 2002, 02:46:43 PM EDT
                 Borland, not a Microsoft product - (orion) - (18) - July 22, 2002, 04:35:00 PM EDT
                     I think he's talking about Edit, not Sidekick - note... - (CRConrad) - (17) - July 22, 2002, 07:51:07 PM EDT
                         Other Borland "Classics" - (orion) - (1) - July 22, 2002, 08:03:58 PM EDT
                             Re: Quatro -- I use Quatro Pro for Windows (5.0)... - (a6l6e6x) - July 22, 2002, 08:34:27 PM EDT
                         Small "s" sidekick - (orion) - July 22, 2002, 08:06:16 PM EDT
                         Borland Sidekick - (orion) - (1) - July 22, 2002, 08:17:10 PM EDT
                             Starfish, owned by Motorola, where Phillipe Khan hangs out. - (a6l6e6x) - July 22, 2002, 08:44:56 PM EDT
                         Hobgoblin - (Silverlock) - (11) - July 23, 2002, 09:05:13 AM EDT
                             That is what I thought you said - (orion) - (9) - July 23, 2002, 04:34:40 PM EDT
                                 Well ex-bloody-squeeze the Hell outta me for knowing English - (CRConrad) - (8) - July 24, 2002, 03:11:33 AM EDT
                                     Oh no, you're never wrong - (orion) - (1) - July 24, 2002, 06:10:15 AM EDT
                                         Well, I'm glad somebody *finally* realizes that! :-) -NT - (CRConrad) - July 24, 2002, 08:01:14 AM EDT
                                     wasnt sidekick the program - (boxley) - (3) - July 24, 2002, 08:08:05 AM EDT
                                         I think that was "Sideways" - (orion) - (2) - July 24, 2002, 08:10:37 AM EDT
                                             If you remember back when - (boxley) - (1) - July 24, 2002, 08:22:58 AM EDT
                                                 I remember farther - (orion) - July 24, 2002, 01:27:39 PM EDT
                                     Squeezing bloody hell out of you for being dead wrong - (wharris2) - (1) - July 24, 2002, 09:31:52 AM EDT
                                         Yeah, yeah... Lurve ya too, Jungle-Face. - (CRConrad) - July 24, 2002, 09:53:22 AM EDT
                             Yeah, yeah, we all have 'em - tho mine's called Literacy.;^) -NT - (CRConrad) - July 24, 2002, 03:03:09 AM EDT
                 Naah, it sucked - and was bloated as all Hell, too. - (CRConrad) - (1) - July 22, 2002, 07:44:58 PM EDT
                     EDIT.COM - (orion) - July 22, 2002, 08:00:14 PM EDT
         Pre-Windows Office Components on the Mac - (tuberculosis) - (3) - July 22, 2002, 03:23:11 AM EDT
             Actually, now that you mention it... - (static) - (1) - July 22, 2002, 07:44:57 AM EDT
                 Wade, anything from Micros~1 with a 6 is a PoS - (jb4) - July 22, 2002, 09:55:41 AM EDT
             Cricket Graph! - (snork) - July 22, 2002, 10:58:28 AM EDT

OK, I know most of those words...
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