IBM ROM BASIC or lack thereof

From: Sipke de Wal <sipke_at_wxs.nl>
Date: Tue Oct 2 16:23:44 2001

QBASIC was at least delivered on the WIN98 first ed. CD in a
separate directory D:\TOOLS\OLDMSDOS

The other alternative obviously would be Visual Basic 6+

Sipke de Wal
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----- Original Message -----
From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
To: Glen Goodwin <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: IBM ROM BASIC or lack thereof


> Glen Goodwin skrev:
>
> >> Isn't QBASIC delivered even to this day with Windows systems? That's a
> >much
> >> nicer basic, and it features online help, which is great for kids.
>
> >No BASIC of any kind from Win95 on up.
>
> Since my only Windows machine is de-electrified right now, I can't test that,
> but I am certain that I've run QBASIC on it. Would anyone sitting at one try
> that from a prompt?
>
> --
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