quickbasic on windows xp

[Ralph]

O.K., I shut down my computer, stuck my Windows 95 boot-up disk (the one I have been referring to in my previous posts in this thread), in the A: drive, and started my computer up again. The A: drive took off, and I saw, on my screen,
Starting Windows 95
Microsoft ® Windows 95
© Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1985

Then, at the DOS prompt, I entered,
ver
and got:
Windows 95. [Version 4.00.850]

So, I can boot up and run programs with this disk, which only has the two hidden system files, IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS, plus the normally visible COMMAND.COM and SYS.COM files.

Now, my Winows 95 is contained in six original 3 1/4", 1.44 KB diskettes, true, but the operating system works without all the other files included for Windows 95. In other words, Windows 95 comes with a whole bunch of utilities, help files, and many other files, but, the actual operating system seems to consist only of two operating files, to which COMMAND.COM is added, as a very useful (necessary to us normal mortals, perhaps?) "utility"?

[Z!re]

No, that is wrong..

You have a DOS prompt, NOT windows 95..

ver say windows 95 because the version of command.com is supposed to come with it..

If I type ver it say:
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]

[Ralph]

I think I see, now. I started EDIT.COM, opened my Windows 95 Command.com within EDIT, and found:

Windows 95 Version 4.00.950

So, could somebody tell me what the bottom line is? That is, what minimum list of files could be considered to define what "Windows 95" consists of, after taking out unnecessary files, such as EDIT.COM (yes, I know that it can be very useful, but, is it a necessary part of Windows?).

[DrV]

Do you want Windows or DOS?

For DOS, you need command.com, io.sys, and msdos.sys.

[Ralph]

Thank you, Dr_V.

O.K.:

MS-DOS consists of three files, IO.SYS (hidden), MSDOS.SYS (hidden), and COMMAND.COM (visible).

Windows 95 consists of ... what files, MINIMUM?

[DrV]

A whole lot more than that...

Just a small sampling: user32.dll, kernel32.dll, gdi32.dll, explorer.exe, etc., etc., etc.... there's no way you can fit Windows 95 on a floppy (unless you've got one of those LS-120 drives, hehe ).

[Ralph]

O.K., enough already! I now know that I meant MS-DOS 95, version 4 (I see one version 4.00.950, and another one version 4.10.1053).


So, run my bas graphics programs in QuickBASIC, since they will not run properly on my Windows XP Home Editon system on my C: drive, I boot up in my A: drive, with my 3.5", 1.44 MB disk with the hidden files IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS, plus COMMAND.COM (called MSDOS). Once I boot up in this manner, I can run most .bas programs, graphics or non-graphics, provided they fit on the same 3.5" disk.

[DrV]

You can also swap floppies if some files don't fit on the same disk as DOS. Just don't do it while you're trying to access the disk that's currently in the driev.

[ShadowWolf]

or simple do the easy thing i just use freebasic it will run perfectly under windows XP since it a win32 dialected of basic. and the gfxlib matchs QB gfx function perfectly but with extend functionality.

this is most likely going to get me flamed by one of the QB purest though.


www.freebasic.net << you can only get the command line compiler here.


http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fbide...e?download <<< this is a package release of FBIDE and FB.13b has a nice installer and stuff and comes with the defacto stander editor for FB.

[Z!re]

Shadowwolf meant to say:


www.freebasic.net