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On 1/6/2024 1:30 PM, Auric__ wrote:
> Physfitfreak wrote:
> 
>> I'll try that after I manage to run qbasic.
> 
> Note that the code I posted is only for MSBASIC-alikes without an equivalent
> to DIR$. Under FreeBASIC it probably won't work due to name collision with
> the built-in function.
> 
>> Looks like on win10 I should
>> download and install VMWare Workstation Player, and then use that to
>> download and install Qbasic. But everytime I download VMware Workstation
>> Player, right after download is done the file disappears and browser
>> closes and instead of a downloaded ready to use file I see a file named:
>>
>> Unconfirmed 937735.crdownload
>>
>> What is slightly larger than the file I downloaded and useless to me. I
>> don't know what the deal is with VMWare Workstation Player.
> 
> No, don't bother. I suggest using DOSBox or one of its derivatives instead. I
> use DOSBox-X:
> 
>    https://dosbox-x.com/
> 
> ...but note that it doesn't come with QBasic. *That* you'll need to get from
> elsewhere; I recommend WinWorldPC:
> 
>    https://winworldpc.com/product/qbasic/1x
> 
> Extract the downloaded .7z to any folder on your system and run qbasic.exe in
> your emulator of choice.
> 
> (Note also that this only applies to 64-bit versions of Windows (and non-
> Windows systems); 32-bit Windows 10 should be able to run DOS programs
> without issue.)
> 


I downloaded and installed DOSBox-X, then got QBasic 1.0 from 
winworldpc.com in the form of one disk image file. Tried to undisk it 
but I keep getting there's no room in Z: drive. Qbasic.exe is only about 
250 KB, it's help file is about half the size, and the image file is 
about 1.5 megs. So I don't know why it runs out of space in that virtual 
DOS.

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