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Re: Which basic ?

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On 8/8/2012 9:07 AM, himself wrote:
> ralph wrote:
>
>>> On Wed, 8 Aug 2012 05:34:01 +0000 (UTC), "himself" <some@where.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>> I have a book published in 1985 with programs written in basic.
>>>>> I need to run one to find where I am going wrong converting to
>>>>> Python.  It uses for example, line numbers, def fna(x)...., gosub,
>>>>> goto etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have qbasic45 running in dosbox but the syntax is different.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a more appropriate Basic program? I am running win64 but
>>>>> could fire up ubuntu.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just a hobbyist so go easy on me  :)
>>>>>
>>>
>>> What's the book?
>>>
>>> The book itself should contain a reference somewhere to the flavor of
>>> BASIC it is using.
>>>
>>> -ralph
>
>
> It is an RSGB publication, Amateur Radio Software, he does mention that
> it will be generic Basic that may need adapting.
> I have adapted the code in qbasic and have a result as such using
> online calculators.
> It calculates distance and bearing.
> Will type out the original and post. Thanks for the feedback.
> Rog
>

Most likely it should run in qbasic unmodified. Type it verbatim into a 
text editor, save and try to run it with out modifications. You will 
receive a message if it uses any commands that were omitted from qbasic.

See help in qbasic, Contents on the Version Differences page and at the 
bottom of the page, Unsupported Keywords.

-- 
Todd Vargo
(Post questions to group only. Remove "z" to email personal messages)

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