DOS ain't dead

True BASIC (Developers)

posted by bocke, 25.05.2025, 09:31

> IIRC, the DOS version is from 1992.
>
> There were lots of contentious debates about BASIC syntax (after the failed
> standards). Mandatory "LET" was one odd feature that TrueBASIC supported. I
> did take a superficial look at some other changes but never bothered buying
> the DOS version, though it wasn't too expensive ($19). (It's probably
> incomplete, abandoned, too different from others to be "portable".)

Agreed. It's just a historical curiosity, for most. Or maybe nostalgia, for others.

The DOS version is from 1992 and IDE is much worse than Turbo Basic or QuickBasic. It uses non-standard key bindings and might have been dated even in 1992. Other than that, as you said, a specific syntax incompatible with contemporary solutions. And it's not a full compiler, either.

Complete thread:

• True BASIC - bocke, 24.05.2025, 17:56 (Developers)
  • True BASIC - Rugxulo, 24.05.2025, 23:49
    • True BASIC - bocke, 25.05.2025, 09:31
  • True BASIC - kerravon, 25.05.2025, 00:02
    • True BASIC - bocke, 25.05.2025, 09:34
      • True BASIC - kerravon, 25.05.2025, 14:50