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QBasic under LINUX? - VonGodric - 01-09-2004
Is it possible? I know about DosBOX and DosEMU dos emulators and even tryed out, but they are incredibly slow and qbasic doesn't work with FUTURE.Library...
So is there some other way to use QBasic in Linux?
QBasic under LINUX? - Rhiannon - 01-09-2004
Try VMware
QBasic under LINUX? - Zack - 01-09-2004
If you're looking for speed, not even a virtual machine will do - emulators are even slower.
My suggestion: dual-boot MSDOS. I would if I knew how. (I hate Win XP).
QBasic under LINUX? - Neo - 01-09-2004
Zack: make a floppy boot disk of DOS (not with WinXP of course!)
QBasic under LINUX? - Rhiannon - 01-09-2004
I know people who have run 98 and 2k on vmware and have had no complaints about speed. (nek youre the exception, you break everything, but i still
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ya ) You could try a dualboot with lilo or some other boot manager, but it's possible youre one of those people that wants to run everything at the same time, and dont wanna stop using linux (to chat, surf forums, etc. admit it youre a forum junkie ) just to program in dos. 
QBasic under LINUX? - Zack - 01-09-2004
Quote:Zack: make a floppy boot disk of DOS (not with WinXP of course!)I don't have a floppy drive. :roll: And where can I get a DOS boot floppy?
QBasic under LINUX? - na_th_an - 01-09-2004
http://www.oldstuff.myagora.net/powerload/bootdisk.htm
No FDD? Aw!! Get one! It costs less than $10!!
QBasic under LINUX? - adosorken - 01-09-2004
My dev computer doesn't have a floppy drive either (it has an external USB, but only because the onboard FDC is fried and I have no FDC cards).
QBasic under LINUX? - Zack - 01-09-2004
How would I install it? Is it USB?
QBasic under LINUX? - na_th_an - 01-09-2004
Well, I was talking about the gool ol' classical FDDs. You just open your computer and plug it to the FDC and to the CC suply.