Nice timing! lol
Seriously, though, I'm starting to see what you point out. I got all of my
code running in FB and it did great - quite impressive, really. However
anything which depends on real mode assembly or interrupt calling will just
take too long to get running properly so I think I'll have to stick with
QBASIC for now. At least that's a small step in the right direction on the
pathway to totally free software. PowerBASIC was what, $129? Not to mention
*very* closely guarded. At least QBASIC was actually a free tool, albeit
closed source.
Yeah, there are ways around the idiosyncrasies of DPMI (I've had too much
experience with it while recoding my GUI in Watcom lol) but for a simple
shell it would just be too time consuming, especially since I want to get a
useable product out fairly quickly. If people actually like it then the
time investment for recoding it in C from the ground up will be justified.
On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 2:07 AM, Mercury Thirteen
> <mercury0x0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Nevermind... figured it out. The IDE set the default language to QB
> > compatibility. Duh.
>
> Great, just after replying, now I see this new message. ;-)
>
> But seriously, this isn't for the faint of heart. You're probably not
> going to be able to translate real mode stuff without a lot of effort.
> As nice as FB is overall, it's not a good choice for porting old
> software unless you really stick to the HLL-only end or just know lots
> about DPMI (which I do not). (Even "lang qb" without all the
> unportable stuff isn't 100% compatible.)
>
> BTW, I have no idea why "lang qb" is default in whatever IDE you're
> using. Most people seem to prefer "fblite" or even native "fb" syntax.
> I'd probably recommend "fblite" if you can force yourself. But be sure
> to read the FAQ, docs (fbhelp), and ask questions on the forum.
>
> http://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=FaqDOS
>
> http://www.freebasic.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=4
>
>
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