Hi, > On Feb 20, 2023, at 4:17 PM, Louis Santillan <lpsan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> [..] >> GW-BASIC - MIT License, Microsoft’s original 1983 version >> https://github.com/microsoft/GW-BASIC > > tkchia has a better branch that should be easier to compile and will > be more complete. > https://github.com/tkchia/GW-BASIC
I’m confused, how can it be a more complete version of GW-BASIC than the actual GW-BASIC? Did Microsoft release an old version like with MS-DOS 2.0? Although I know I used GW-BASIC at least a little before moving to QuickBasic, I have zero memory of GW-BASIC itself. I guess if the community decides to include GW-BASIC, it will need to pick one. That will probably come down to either it is being included for strictly nostalgic reasons or for continued development and improvement. Choosing one over the other is not relevant me personally, I know I won’t be doing any programming in Basic ever again. > [..] > One other command that might be interesting to add to FreeDOS is the > fast compressor/decompressor LZ4. License? URL? I think it is always good idea to include different compression/archivers when possible to extract things like the occasional RAR, LZH or 7z file. As an example, just yesterday, I wanted to check out 'Aura GUI for FreeDOS’ (1) which is distributed in a RAR. Well, my semi-modern computer choked on the archive. I had to fire up a VM with FreeDOS and extract it there. After extracting, I ran it’s setup program and chose Live Mode. I experienced numerous minor GUI issues and exited (which hung VirtualBox). Perhaps it would work better if installed or a newer version somewhere else. I did not try or look. Jerome (1) https://sourceforge.net/projects/auraguifreedos/
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