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README.DOC FOR TRY MICROSOFT QUICKBASIC 4.50, DECEMBER 1989
This "Try QuickBASIC 4.50" package contains a working model of standard
Microsoft QuickBASIC 4.50. 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 notices 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 4.50
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 may unpack to a single directory.
Regardless of how you get "Try QuickBASIC", find the directory where
LEARN.COM 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.