Scott Hanselman 👸🏽🐝🌮Apr 25, 2024
We just open-sourced DOS 4 (and found binaries of Multitasking DOS 4) https://www.hanselman.com/blog/open-sourcing-dos-4
Open Sourcing DOS 4

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Show threadTed Spence
@shanselman Tagging @eniko who was just hoping on an open sourced qbasic
Apr 25, 2024 at 9:51pmWeb
Show threadEniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)Apr 25, 2024

@Tedspence @shanselman lol that post was inspired by this one actually but I didn't wanna bug anyone by sending them an @

(Please open source qbasic though it would mean so much to me)

Show threadTed SpenceApr 25, 2024
@eniko @shanselman Woops! Sorry!!
Show threadScott Hanselman 👸🏽🐝🌮Apr 26, 2024
@eniko @Tedspence we did open source GWBasic and there’s also this https://github.com/QB64Team/qb64
GitHub - QB64Team/qb64: BASIC for the modern era.

BASIC for the modern era. Contribute to QB64Team/qb64 development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadEniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)Apr 26, 2024
@shanselman @Tedspence QB64 and FreeBasic are really cool projects but they're not the QBasic that so many people got their start learning to code with under DOS. I understand QBasic isn't that interesting except as a historical artifact, but as an artifact the real deal still holds a lot of value, I think