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Re: Legacy program for PowerBASIC?

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On 13.2.2012 13:10, Bob Zale wrote:
> On Feb 7, 1:27 pm, Antti J Ylikoski<antti.yliko...@tkk.fi>  wrote:
>> I have a large legacy program of the QBASIC era and style -- the program
>> is so old that it even has line numbers in the style of the original
>> Dartmouth BASIC.  The program is compatible with the old QBASIC.
>>
>> Can this program be compiled with a suitable switch with the PowerBASIC,
>> or easily be converted to PowerBASIC, or something corresponding?  I
>> will immediately purchase the PowerBASIC if I can use it for this legacy
>> program of mine.
>>
>> kind regards, Antti J Ylikoski
>> Helsinki, Finland, the E.U.
>
> Hi Antti --
>
> It all depends upon the reason you're converting.  While PowerBASIC/
> DOS will likely compile it with almost no changes, I imagine you're
> looking to move it to a Windows platform so it can be used with the
> latest 64-bit operating systems.  In that case, I'd suggest you
> consider the PowerBASIC Console Compiler.  It creates executables
> which are compatible with every 32/64 bit Windows from Win95/98 to
> Win7 and even the upcoming Win8.  You'll find it supports familiar
> functions like PRINT, LOCATE, COLOR, LINE INPUT, even FIELD, LPRINT
> and line numbers.  While some changes are needed, thousands have done
> so easily and very successfully.  In fact, a major international bank
> recently converted over 3 million lines of source code with
> comparative ease.  With PowerBASIC, you'll have a commercial product
> with committed support.  In fact, you'll get free technical support by
> email for life.  I would invite you to visit the PowerBASIC Forums.
> Just GOTO www.powerbasic.com and click FORUMS.  There are currently
> some 400,000 posts from good programmers just like you.  Questions?
> Just email support@powerbasic.com
>
> Best regards,
>
> Bob Zale
> PowerBASIC

Thank you.  I actually have tried the FreeBASIC for this purpose and 
rejected it because it has bugs.  Probably those bugs won't be seen in a 
toy program, but in a big and nontrivial BASIC program they will 
annoyingly show.

So I can even at the time of writing this recommend the PowerBASIC 
instead of the FreeBASIC.  I will see the www pages for the purchase if 
it is not very expensive (I expect not.)

kind regards, Andy Ylikoski
Helsinki, Finland, the E.U.

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