New and never-before-seen QB graphics modes discovered!

[Z!re]

Or freeBASIC

[DBrant]

Thanks, Antoni!
wow, looks like all the bigwigs post on these forums.
Btw, I'm quite impressed with your version of the JPEG decoder! I'm glad someone continued the work in that area.

I'll certainly take a look into the Windows BASIC interpreters/compilers (freeBasic, etc). I think it's about time for the community to transition to them. I would be impressed with a Windows interpreter than can natively run old QuickBasic programs with no modifications. Can FreeBasic do that?

And again, can someone confirm these allegations of me plagiarizing code, as mentioned earlier in this thread? Somehow I find that disturbing, and would like to dispel any false rumors.

-Dmitry

[Sterling Christensen]

I would be impressed with a Windows interpreter than can natively run old QuickBasic programs with no modifications. Can FreeBasic do that?

As long as it doesn't use CALL INTERRUPTX, DEF SEG, or anything else that's DOS or real mode specific, yep it's very likely to work without changes. Just ask Angelo Mottola (creator of DirectQB and Wetspot), he's back too and porting Wetspot to FB was as simple as commenting out a few lines.

Also, it can't interpret, but even better it compiles to native evecutables for win32, linux, and protected mode dos. The headers from Allegro, SDL, and several other libraries have already been ported

BTW, it's nice to see you here. Suddenly we seem to be getting an influx of big names from the old qb community.

[adosorken]

You can expect to see a few more "big names" surface shortly...stay tuned.

[DBrant]

You can expect to see a few more "big names" surface shortly...stay tuned.

lol what am I missing? help me out here...

[Adigun A. Polack]

To DBrant (aka Dmitry Brant):

To open up with you, it is *such* a real pleasure to have you aboard the QBasicNews.com forums. Please, do make yourself right at home here! !

Also, it is an absolute honor for me and the whole entire QB45/QB71/FB gang to meet such a famous QB face like yours around, DBrant. No bull about that! =b

God bless you, man, and pleasure talking to you tonight!!



GIVING YOU A GRAND WELCOME TO THE QBASICNEWS.COM FORUMS,


Adigun Azikiwe Polack
One of the Founders of “Aura Flow”
Continuing Developer of “Frantic Journey”
Current Developer of “Star Angelic Slugger”
Webmaster of the “AAP Official Projects Squad”

[adosorken]

You can expect to see a few more "big names" surface shortly...stay tuned.

lol what am I missing? help me out here...

Patience is a virtue...or so they say.

[Spotted Cheetah]

NOW WHO IS THE REAL AUTHOR OF "Custom screen modes in QB" ??? I updated (will be done actually to Wednesday, possibly) the VGA tweaker, and wrote a readme for it in which i currently mentioned Dmitry Brant. Is this true this way?

(Now i fixed that blanking had to start maximally at 512: it can start at up to 1024. I tweaked some other interesting modes in it including the 256 color 400x300 mode in 3 variants: one for DosBox, and other VGA emulators, and two for real VGA. They worked nicely. The 512x384 mode was really "inspired by the Cheetah" since i had never seen it anywhere before i first used)

[Rattrapmax6]

You can expect to see a few more "big names" surface shortly...stay tuned.

lol what am I missing? help me out here...

Patience is a virtue...or so they say.

:rotfl: Dude you on all the other 2000 somthing posters here or something? :o Nek, arn't you a big name yet? FIDO,. thats one mean looking IDE,.. oh well, never mind..

BTW, I'm going to look at these modes, hold up... , they sound cool..

[Nathan1993]

Question: Can we still peek/poke like we used too? :???: