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MS Basic repository *almost* complete
#21
Are you licensed by microsoft to host it in the first place? I dont think so :roll:


Quote:....The purchaser may make one copy of the software for backup purposes. No part of this manual and/or database may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval systems, for any purpose other than the purchaser's personal use, without the written permission of Microsoft Corporation.

© Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1985-1990.
All rights reserved.
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#22
You know, in 1990 a backup copy was made in diskettes. Now a backup copy can be made in the internet.

As for the non-strong section of the text you posted, it refers to the manual.
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#23
I guess it applies to the actual software as well :lol:. A backup copy may be made on the internet but you are distributing it =P. That is not allowed at all :wink:
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#24
I am not distributing anything, I just have a copy of my software in a web page that acts as a repository. There are lots of repositories out there about products that are discontinued or abandonware. If we should confide in Microsoft to offer repositories of their old software we could sit right don't and wait until the judgement day's afternoon.

If someone downloads something that he or she doesn't own from my web page it is up to he or she. He or she will be breaking the law. It is like in videoclubs. You have your tapes there, people hire them. It is up to them to make illegal copies of your films, they are who are breaking the law, not the videoclub owner.

The same happens with the emulation scene. ROMs are illegal to download if you don't have the hardware, but it isn't illegal to store them if you do.

Quote:I guess [...]

That's my whole point.
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#25
Ok, I got your point =P
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#26
Why is Microsoft so wierd about old software anyway? I know I'm kind of strange about liking old programming languages so much, but I'd actually be willing to buy some of this stuff from Microsoft if they would sell it. What are the alternatives they give you if you are willing to buy something but they won't sell it?

As I'm sure you all know you can go to almost any bookstore and buy a how to program book that probably will have a disk or CD in the back with some old programming software on it with which one can get started programming perfectly fine. I'm sure the book publisher has to pay Microsoft or Borland or whomever as the case may be something for the learning edition of some old VB or C++ software.

If they would sell QuickBasic 4.5 for twenty bucks or VBDOS Professional for Fourty bucks it seems to me it would be pure profit. I just don't understand!
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#27
Because if they sell it, they have to support it.
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#28
Quote:Because if they sell it, they have to support it.

I don't know if thats it. A number of years ago I bought Kip Irvine's Book on Assembly language programming and Microsoft's MASM 6.11 assembler was included with the book. Along with it were the statements that Microsoft was in no way going to provide any support for the program. I'm guessing the book publisher got a deal where they were only paying Microsoft a buck or two or three for the inclusion of the assembler. I've bought other similiar books with C compilers from Borland too.

I guess there's simply not enough money in selling outdated software to interest Microsoft. If my hypothesis is correct Microsoft will probably ignore the archive page with their old compilers as being something not worth taking note of.....except for maybe those old VB Windows versions....
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#29
I may help to improve your repository ...
I have some Basic(A) and GW-Basic files that are missing,
and I have a Cassette Basic C1.10 (25-Apr-1981),
taken from ROM and made working by means of a little
loader that I've written. This old stuff works under plain DOS
and under M$-Wi(n)dows.
Since ROM Basic was written to be a standalone OS,
you can't issue a SYSTEM command to exit
(besides, no file commands can be executed).
My loader provides an escape pressing CTRL-ALT-Q.
If you are interested in, mail me. I just want to be credited (the loader is simple, but tricky ...!).
A text file is included, with technical aspect discussed ...

Bye
Supervinx
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#30
Great, man, of course I want it. In case you don't read this, I'll email you. But you can send the files if you please now.
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