Do you remember?

[barok]

*reads page*

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shut up!

[Neo]

well u learn something new everyday

Correct.

[na_th_an]

...When you found Qbasic 1.1 on the Windows9x disk?
In fact I got Qbasic 1.0 with DOS 6.0. I discovered a shortcut in Windows 3.1 in my 2nd day at the comp.
...When you triumphed over the mastery of the LINE Command?
Don't understand it. What's the problem with LINE?
...When a sprite was just a soda?
I know sprites since I got my first 8 bits computer. In fact, I knew the soda after
...When you first stumbled across the network54 forums?
What's that?
...When an "ax" was something used for chopping?
Not applicable, not english-speaker
...When "PRINT" was a command under the File menu to send something to a printer?
I learned BASIC in my ZX Spectrum in 1988 and I used PRINT before I had a printer
...When SCREEN 12 was you're favorite screen mode because it had the most pixels?
Not so. I loved SCREEN 7 'cause it had PAGES, and I lovec ol' Lucasfilms games in 16 colours
...When you tried to make your first Operating System in qbasic?
I never did
......when you realized it was really just a GUI?
shit happens
.........when you gave up?
Never start something you can't cope with
...When you first tried to clone your favorite game in Qbasic?
It was Phantomas, a ZX Spectrum game originally coded in 1986, so go figure
......that it was a 3d game?
No way. At that time all we had was Wolfenstein and some vectorial stuff about Star Wars.
.........when you gave up?
Read three statements up
...When the best way to check for multiple conditions was many IF...Then
Yeah, that sucked . Thanks god I found those ABC packets in a shareware CDROM in 1996....
......do you remember how relieved you felt when you discovered Select Case?
Aw
...When ON KEY was the extent of your keyhandling?
I never used that. I still don't know what does it do. And I don't want to know. Some wise man said it: don't mess with keyboards!
...When your loops were composed of multiple labels and GOTOs?
Yeah, that sucked as well. Now I use GOTO wisely he he he
...When you tried to make your first Pong game?
I did it to learn DirectQB two years ago. And it is a *perfect* clone
...When INT 33 meant nothing to you?
I first read about it on a magazine in 1994
...When you're nick on some forum/IRC/BBS somewhere was QBMaster, QBKing, LordOfCode or something of the sort though you had just programmed for a few days?
I have always been na_th_an. I am a geek in so many topics so I couldn't name myself after just one. So I chose a general nick. Otherwise I wouldn't remember how to log in the forums... he he
...When you first typed qbasic.com into your address bar, just to see what would come up?
I used google... F.ucking nerds uh?
......what the first words that came from your mouth were when all the links were dead?
#@##@#@@#@#@|#231!!! But soon I found Vplanet -> Master Creating -> QBNews
...When you first played Milo Sedlacek's Monospace?
Great. I couldn't believe it.
......Angelo's Wetspot?
Neat, but overrated IMHO
.........Pasco's GroovBuggies?
link, please?
...When you found these forums?
Yeah! Wildcard asked me to include an article I wrote to the site, then I followed the links [/quote]

[pr0gger]

Network54 was Qbasic.com's original forumspace they're, still around at http://www.network54.com/forum/13959

GroovBuggies: http://www.thunderbirdatlatl.com/petesqb...roove.html

[1000101]

...When you found Qbasic 1.1 on the Windows9x disk? haha, TSR BASIC man, line numbers, 24K of memory, \/\/007!
...When you triumphed over the mastery of the LINE Command? It wasn't hard (unless your stoopid).
...When a sprite was just a soda? hrm, I knew what a sprite was before I knew what Sprite was.
...When you first stumbled across the network54 forums? Never heard of 'em.
...When an "ax" was something used for chopping? Well, in a *real* dictionary, "ax" doesn't exist, unless it's an American one, but then it will have other fictitious words like "color" and "neighbor".
...When "PRINT" was a command under the File menu to send something to a printer? hrm, you mean LIST "MYPROG.BAS"?
...When SCREEN 12 was you're favorite screen mode because it had the most pixels? Damned-straight!
...When you tried to make your first Operating System in qbasic? Never happened.
......when you realized it was really just a GUI? Nope.
.........when you gave up? Can't say I did.
...When you first tried to clone your favorite game in Qbasic? heh *whistles*
......that it was a 3d game? Well, pseudo 3d (isometric).
.........when you gave up? Still working on it.
...When the best way to check for multiple conditions was many IF...Then? You mean, when then *only* way was IF ... THEN ... ELSE ... on *one* line.
......do you remember how relieved you felt when you discovered Select Case? Not as much as when they got rid of line numbers.
...When ON KEY was the extent of your keyhandling? hehe, ben there, done that.
...When your loops were composed of multiple labels and GOTOs? I used FOR ... NEXT when possable.
...When you tried to make your first Pong game? Never did that.
...When INT 33 meant nothing to you? Heh, yeah, DOS is handy. Or did you mean 33h (the mouse)?
...When you're nick on some forum/IRC/BBS somewhere was QBMaster, QBKing, LordOfCode or something of the sort though you had just programmed for a few days? Actually, I was given the appellation "QBKing" and I had been coding for several years (When you know more then the teacher a two years *before* you take the class and thus teach it, kids call you names).
...When you first typed qbasic.com into your address bar, just to see what would come up? Actually, my friend showed me that site.
......what the first words that came from your mouth were when all the links were dead? I wasn't surprised.
...When you first played Milo Sedlacek's Monospace? I was quite unimpressed. I played better games targeted for the 8088.
......Angelo's Wetspot? That was kinda lame.
.........Pasco's GroovBuggies? Never played it.
...When you found these forums? And had to put up with lame "remember when" posts?

[Anonymous]

...When you found Qbasic 1.1 on the Windows9x disk?
Dude I was BASIC'n it up on my apple 2gs (list, run, save ahh the days)
...When you triumphed over the mastery of the LINE Command?
yeah until i found circle... oooh circles
...When a sprite was just a soda?
and a damn good one
...When you first stumbled across the network54 forums?
*cough*
...When an "ax" was something used for chopping?
when did this change
...When "PRINT" was a command under the File menu to send something to a printer?
No, dude... APPLE 2 G S
...When SCREEN 12 was you're favorite screen mode because it had the most pixels?
yeah unfortunately, then i went to 7, now 13
...When you tried to make your first Operating System in qbasic?
......when you realized it was really just a GUI?
.........when you gave up?
thats nuts
...When you first tried to clone your favorite game in Qbasic?
clones arent much funn
......that it was a 3d game?
i dont get that crap
.........when you gave up?
that doesnt happen much... i just start going really slow lol
...When the best way to check for multiple conditions was many IF...Then
oh god that was horrible
......do you remember how relieved you felt when you discovered Select Case?
in some cases(pardon the pun)
...When ON KEY was the extent of your keyhandling?
man i used that crap once *gets showered with tommatoes* i cant believe NOONE's used that... well that was back in the pre internet days
...When your loops were composed of multiple labels and GOTOs?
except 'for' loops
...When you tried to make your first Pong game?
pong blows dong. sorry
...When INT 33 meant nothing to you?
it still doesnt mean too much
...When you're nick on some forum/IRC/BBS somewhere was QBMaster, QBKing, LordOfCode or something of the sort though you had just programmed for a few days?
always RPGMaster... well until i got poor anyways *tear*
...When you first typed qbasic.com into your address bar, just to see what would come up?
yup
......what the first words that came from your mouth were when all the links were dead?
Mallard... isnt that an enemy in som
...When you first played Milo Sedlacek's Monospace?
......Angelo's Wetspot?
.........Pasco's GroovBuggies?
never have
...When you found these forums?
sahweet im not the only one!!!!

[adosorken]

...When you found Qbasic 1.1 on the Windows9x disk? I found qbasic 1.1 on my friend's computer, it came with it, and it was a 486 with a 100MB disk drive (at the time, they were HUGE), and had Windows 3.1. I got my first copy of qbasic on a DOS 5.0 disk set.
...When you triumphed over the mastery of the LINE Command? yawn.
...When a sprite was just a soda? I've been using sprites since the C64 days.
...When you first stumbled across the network54 forums? yes...good ole qbasic.com
...When an "ax" was something used for chopping? woohoo!
...When "PRINT" was a command under the File menu to send something to a printer? I knew PRINT long before I knew what a file menu was
...When SCREEN 12 was you're favorite screen mode because it had the most pixels? SCREEN 12 was never my favorite screen mode but I have used it a few times
...When you tried to make your first Operating System in qbasic? yes
......when you realized it was really just a GUI? it wasn't a GUI, it was an actual OS.
.........when you gave up? I still have it and sometimes I still work on it, just for kicks.
...When you first tried to clone your favorite game in Qbasic? Clones are silly
......that it was a 3d game? pfft! 2D all the way!
.........when you gave up? I never give up.
...When the best way to check for multiple conditions was many IF...Then who doesn't remember this
......do you remember how relieved you felt when you discovered Select Case? AMEN!!!
...When ON KEY was the extent of your keyhandling? pfft
...When your loops were composed of multiple labels and GOTOs? back in the C64 days, all we had was GOTO, GOSUB, and line numbers
...When you tried to make your first Pong game? yup. just not in QB. I coded a few on the C64 though.
...When INT 33 meant nothing to you? yup.
...When you're nick on some forum/IRC/BBS somewhere was QBMaster, QBKing, LordOfCode or something of the sort though you had just programmed for a few days? like someone else said...I think only you have done that.
...When you first typed qbasic.com into your address bar, just to see what would come up? back then, everyone knew that qbasic.com was among the best sites on the Internet, and it was not only active but actively maintained as well.
......what the first words that came from your mouth were when all the links were dead? that happened several years later.
...When you first played Milo Sedlacek's Monospace? I knew him personally, and that game was really really fun. Rest in peace, Gradius. I still miss you
......Angelo's Wetspot? *yawn* wetspot 2 was good though
.........Pasco's GroovBuggies? never played it.
...When you found these forums?I've been at forums long before most of you.

[Plasma]

...When you tried to make your first Operating System in qbasic? yes
......when you realized it was really just a GUI? it wasn't a GUI, it was an actual OS.
.........when you gave up? I still have it and sometimes I still work on it, just for kicks.

Riiiiiight Nek. You of all people should know that you can't make a true OS with QB.

[adosorken]

...When you tried to make your first Operating System in qbasic? yes
......when you realized it was really just a GUI? it wasn't a GUI, it was an actual OS.
.........when you gave up? I still have it and sometimes I still work on it, just for kicks.

Riiiiiight Nek. You of all people should know that you can't make a true OS with QB.

An operating system is a program in which to run other programs. By this definition, KAOS (as it was called at the time), was an OS. It was as much an OS as Windows 9x...basically, an MSDOS extender. While it did not natively run MSDOS applications (only its own proprietary format), it had a multitasking kernel and its own filesystem.

By "true OS", you refer to an OS which is not a "piggyback" OS, and in that case...you are correct...making an OS in QB is impossible.

And also...KAOS wasn't visual. You could add a visual shell but it in and of itself was console-based.

I also changed its name later to "SockOS". hehehe memories...