Chuck(G)
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Indeed, it seems that "do one thing and do it well" line of thought has vanished from the scene.
One of the reasons that I've retreated to MCU work, BTW.
One of the reasons that I've retreated to MCU work, BTW.
Chuck, I sent you an email about this - I'd be happy to scan the stuff you've got.It's a pretty big manual--more than I can reliably scan. If someone wants to do the work and post the result online, please contact me. It's about an inch and a quarter of two-sided letter-sized pages.
Pallet arrived, and no luck. Apologies.
Name was changed to PowerBASIC. I think I used this briefly, back in the 80's, but ended up mostly on CBASIC, then C. I had a look for a copy, but was unable to find mine. I have a pallet of my old gear on the way to me, though... if I do find it, I'll post it here.
I do have the manuals but have not scanned them yet as I no longer have a working scanner. Wouldn't mind lending them out to be scanned if you or someone else here would do it.@nullvalue, you mentioned that you had two binders with the documentation for BASIC/Z. Were you able to get those scanned in?
Thanks yeah I found that/listened to that a few months ago when I was trying to hunt this down. One of the few references to "BASIC/Z" I could find on the net.Just found this link - by accident. Little reference to the history of BASIC/Z and PowerBasic?
Geoff
Actually just re-registered and realized I missed a step to get full Post permissions - so I've just completed that and hopefully I can post the request over there soon.I created an account on the PowerBASIC forum to ask over there, but it seems like I don't have the permission to post. I've emailed and asked for permissions and months later, still nothing.
I rewrote it in C recently.I rewrote Linux's "Grep" in FreeBasic the other day, just as bloated as ever. The file size was ridiculously large, but small compared to other similar compiled versions, and it ran at 70% of the speed of the actual Linux Grep when I compared on the same system.