Den 2015-08-04 kl. 17:52, skrev Dan Gahlinger:
Does anyone have or know where I can get a copy of the Vax Basic
translator?
Especially for VMS or windows or something?
I'd like to convert my old Vax Basic programs to something usable on
modern systems,
but while Vax Basic is simple enough there are a few things I have
trouble with,
such as MAP statements, records, etc.
If "modern systems" is included in the set of {Win; Mac OSX; Linux;
Android}, why not stay BASIC?
http://www.qb64.net/
I have used it to make old GW-basic-programs usable in a PC of today
(ie. >= Win 7).
The snag was to run an old GW-basic, load the program into it, and then
save the program using Ascii-mode, to get a file that QB64 can load.
(Actually a file that looks like a LIST print-out, as opposed to the
GW-basic native format)
It is described in Microsoft Knowledge base: Article ID: 80745
I was astonished how much of structural-programming possibilities and
support that has been put into this modern BASIC, the step from "old
days" style that was more close to Fortran-4 is immense! It can
definitively be used to write "Pascal-looking" programs.
In my case, one of the programs I converted didn't work properly, so I
ended up correcting it - taking all line-numbers away was a great start,
as the problem was hidden in GOTO:s by the original author...
Besides from using the QB-64 once, I have no hooks to it or to its
development...
/Göran
I've tried looking on the HP/etc sites and it seems it's been
discontinued,
does anyone have a copy I can use, or know where I can get one?
I don't want to pay for a product, as this is just hobbyist use for
personal programs I wrote
thanks
Dan.
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