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- Welcome to FirstBasic
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- Dear Programmer,
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- We are proud to provide you with FirstBasic version 1.0 as
- shareware. The FirstBasic compiler lets you create fast executable
- programs that you can freely distribute with no royalty required.
- FirstBasic is a complete development environment with an integrated
- editor, debugger and object linker. It even contains an extensive
- context-sensitive help system that makes learning FirstBasic a snap.
- Turbo Basic, Quick Basic, QBasic, and GW Basic programmers can upgrade
- their code to FirstBasic in no time at all.
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- FirstBasic will give you unlimited string space, help you
- eliminate round-off errors, and speed-up your programs with or without
- a math co-processor. Dozens of built-in functions eliminate the need
- to write involved routines for every-day tasks such as SORT, SCAN,
- VERIFY, REPEAT, INSERT/DELETE, EXTRACT, REPLACE, REMOVE, TALLY, MIN,
- MAX and many, many more. New data types like extended-precision (80
- bit) float, Quad word (64 bit) integers and Flex strings are included
- to make your computation faster and more accurate. The built-in
- debugger does it all; single step, breakpoints, watch variables, and
- immediate expression evaluation and modification.
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- Once you have used FirstBasic, I'm sure you'll want more. More
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- functionality. By registering FirstBasic for only $25 you'll get a
- disk which contains a new help file with an online User's Guide to
- help you learn more about Basic programming. And you'll get great
- utilities such as a command line compiler and a utility which allows
- you to customize the editor, change the screen colors, set-up your own
- hot-keys, and more.
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- If you want to learn more about FirstBasic, subscribe to the
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- Whatever you do, don't forget to subscribe to the PowerBASIC
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- Very truly yours,
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- Robert S. Zale, President
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- p.s. Don't miss out on this exceptional offer ... FirstBasic
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