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- READ.ME FILE FOR TRY MICROSOFT QUICKBASIC, DECEMBER 1989
-
- This "Try QuickBASIC" package contains a full-featured version of standard
- Microsoft QuickBASIC 4.5. Only those features that allow you to load and save
- your programs, or compile executable files have been disabled. Everything else
- is there; all the power, all the fun! Use "Try QuickBASIC" to test drive our
- impressive QuickBASIC programming environment. We think you'll be pleased.
-
- Microsoft QuickBASIC is the fastest way to learn how to program in a modern,
- structured way. This BASIC is a quantum leap beyond the old GW-BASIC or BASICA
- that came with your PC.
-
- You enter, run, edit, and debug your programs in a user-friendly and efficient
- environment. Context-senstive online Help from the Microsoft QuickBASIC Advisor
- is only a keystroke or mouse click away. Just put your cursor on the keyword
- you need help with. Press F1 or click the right mouse button. The help you need
- appears instantly. Of course, more general Help is also available from the Help
- menu.
-
- You are welcome to copy this package for your friends and customers as long as
- you comply with the copyright and non-warranty notice in the program. "Try
- QuickBASIC" is also available on CompuServe and GEnie.
-
- You may receive "Try QuickBASIC" in one of two forms. If you receive "Try
- QuickBASIC" as a copy of the original distribution diskette, you get all the
- files you need, organized as follows:
-
- README.DOC This information
- TRYQB.EXE Microsoft "Try QuickBASIC" program
- QB45*.HLP Three files with all the help you will need
- EXAMPLES\ Subdirectory that contains the following sample BASIC
- programs that you can load, run and modify:
- DEMO1.BAS Sound effects for BASICA/GW-BASIC
- DEMO2.BAS Sound effects for QuickBASIC 2
- DEMO3.BAS Sound effects for QuickBASIC 4.5
- SORTDEMO.BAS Sort demonstration
- TORUS.BAS Draws a colorful rotating torus
- QCARDS.BAS Small card file
- QCARDS.DAT Card file data
- BALLPSET.BAS Bouncing ball using PSET
- BALLXOR.BAS Bouncing ball using XOR
- BAR.BAS Bar chart
- CAL.BAS Perpetual calendar
- CHECK.BAS Checkbook program
- COLORS.BAS Color and palette demo
- CUBE.BAS Animated cube
- EDPAT.BAS Pattern editor
- ENTAB.BAS Replace tabs with spaces
- FLPT.BAS Display floating-point numbers
- MANDEL.BAS Plots values in a Mandlebrot set
- PALETTE.BAS Palette changing demo
- PLOTTER.BAS Draws lines using cursor keys
- SEARCH.BAS Performs string search in a file
- SINEWAVE.BAS Draws sine wave on screen
- TERMINAL.BAS Terminal emulator
- WHEREIS.BAS Locates files on disk
- QBEXPRES\ Subdirectory containing the following online tutorial
- files:
- LEARN.COM
- BX.PGM
- QBCBT.CTX
- QBCBT.SCN
- QBCBT.SOB
-
- If you have DOS 3.2 or later, you can copy the entire diskette, subdirectories
- and all, to a TRYQB directory on your hard disk using the following command
- line:
-
- XCOPY A:\*.* C:\TRYQB\*.* /S
-
- If you receive "Try QuickBASIC" from a bulletin board, it will probably be
- compressed into an archive using one of the popular file compression and
- archiving utilities. The files will probably unpack to a single directory.
-
- Regardless of how you get "Try QuickBASIC", find the directory where LEARN.EXE
- is located. Type LEARN and press Enter to start the online tutorial.
-
- To start "Try QuickBASIC", find the directory where TRYQB.EXE is located. Type
- TRYQB and press Enter.
-