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Microsoft QuickBASIC (QB) was an entry level compiler and later a programming environment for IBM PC compatible machines running DOS. QBasic from MS-DOS or PC DOS versions 5.0 is a small subset of QuickBASIC missing all compiler features.

Versions

DOS
  • Aug 1985: QuickBASIC 1.0
  • 1986: QuickBASIC 2.0 - integrated editor, EGA graphics support
  • 1987: QuickBASIC 3.0 - integrated simple debugging features
  • 1987: QuickBASIC 4.0 - threaded p-code interpreter, inter-language calling
  • 1988: QuickBASIC 4.5 - new help system
Apple Macintosh
  • 1988: QuickBASIC 1.00 for Macintosh - System 6 required

Publications

  • Ethan Winer: PC Magazine BASIC Techniques and Utilities - Ziff-Davis Press 1991, ISBN 1-56276-008-4

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