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>He's trying to bootstrap a programming environment from the basic tools provided with a default MS-DOS install Wasn’t some version of BASIC provided with ever
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 8y ago
>He's trying to bootstrap a programming environment from the basic tools provided with a default MS-DOS install
Wasn’t some version of BASIC provided with every version of MSDOS?
- pan69 8y agoUp until MSDOS version 5, MSDOS was shipped with GW-BASIC. From MSDOS 5 onward it shipped with QBasic. If you can create an assembler with batch files it should certainly be possible to create one with BASIC. :) Hmm, interesting idea...
- pjmlp 8y agoI don't remember any longer, did PC-DOS, DR-DOS and all other DOS compatible variants also ship GW-BASIC?
- pan69 8y agoI don't believe that is the case, Those versions of DOS might ship with some version of BASIC though. GW-BASIC was/is a Microsoft product. If I'm not mistaken (or as lore tells us), the GW-B stands for Gates William Bill. :)