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Sep 17, 2023 · That’s why BASIC dialects like Turbo Basic and Quick Basic were so popular in the late 80s, the 90s and, even, early 2000s. They could use line numbers, if needed.
- My First Exposure to Basic
- The Age of The Home Computer
- Basic Was Not All About Interpreters
- Basic and The Business World
- Basic Programmers Yearn For Compilers
- Basic and Windows
- Stumbling Through The Choices of Basic
- How Did Some Other Basics Fare?
- A Professional Basic Which Nearly Died A Couple Times
Back in the mid 1970s, I took an advanced math class in high school. There were no computers in our classes back then, but my math teacher made an arrangement with a nearby college to use a terminal (keyboard/printer only and no screen)to connect to a nearby college mainframe via a modem. He taught us BASIC and it was easy to learn, but allowed us ...
In the 1980s, the so called home computer came into existence. Such computers as the Commodore 64, Atari 400/800/XL, Texas Instruments TI/994A, Sinclair, Timex and so on, and they were not cheap. These computers were not children’s toys. There were for the hackers of old. The makers of old. Those excited about technology, when technology was in its...
One myth today is that Basic has always been a slow interpreter geared towards use by children. Back in the 1980s, the Commodore 64 introduced the world to computing at home, but many a business and maker used the C64 to do all sorts of things. Real work was done with the C64. BASIC was only the beginning with the C64. A good number of BASIC users ...
In the late 1980s, small/medium sized businesses were beginning to see the benefit of using computers. It was not the same back then like it is today. There was little off the shelf software back then. To get a really useful software package, one had to hire a programmer. Few small/medium sized businesses could afford to hire a programmer to write ...
As the PC compatibles began to storm the world, Microsofts MSDOS became the operating system of fashion. It too had its own BASIC. Eventually Microsoft created the QuickBasic compiler. QuickBasic was unique in that you didn’t have to compile a program to run and test it. It used an interpreter of sorts to run your app immediately, but you could als...
If it were not for Windows, Basic as a professional programming language would have likely continued to flourish and grow. Windows 1.0 threw a wrench into Basic and its future. Many a DOS Basic programmer would feel the pressure over time to convert their apps from DOS to Windows and the transition actually was too much for some. Even companies who...
Let’s first start with the Basics for Windows I tried but just could not be productive with. I did stretch the lifespan of the DOS Basic apps I wrote in PDS 7.1 . Actually one of my DOS apps written in the 1990s was still in use by a company up until this last year. Yes some of my DOS Basic apps were in use for decades. Yet I did dabble with any pr...
It should be pointed out that no matter how much the programming world tries to kill off Basic as obsolete, it still thrives in one form or another. There are a number of current “indie” versions of Basic around today which are of note and worth checking out. To name a few: 1. Purebasic (paid software, multi-platform) which is quite popular 2. Free...
This Basic language is called PowerBasic. One has to know the history of this language to better appreciate it. Before Microsoft QuickBasic and Borland International TurboBasic in the DOS days, there was a programmer named Bob Zale. He created a compiler called Basic/Z. Microsoft had the most popular Basic compiler for professionals in the DOS days...
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Aug 11, 2021 · We will explain basic turbo technology and terms - what they mean, how each component and dimension affects the others, and more. Don't be mystified by turbochargers...step up and check out the power adder that is a power multiplier!
Mar 21, 2024 · Something confounding is happening in America: Donald Trump, once the least liked presidential officeholder and reviled by nearly two-thirds of the country by the time he left office, is getting...
- Christian Paz
Mar 16, 2017 · Now turbos are making their way into the most popular vehicles in America: full-sized pickup trucks. The Ford F-150 offers two turbocharged V6 engines, a 2.7-liter and a 3.5-liter. The...
- Eric C. Evarts
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Apr 28, 2024 · The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars. Dangerous, polluting SUVs and pickups took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame. David Zipper is a senior...
Jan 2, 2021 · An analysis by GM Authority found that the number of models sold with GM turbo gasoline engines has risen from 19 in the 2016 model year to 23 in 2021, which represents an increase of 21 percent...
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