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GWBasic was a simple [[BASIC]] language [[interpreter]] that started its life as BasicA that was sold to Compaq.
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GW-BASIC, launched in 1983, is a disk-based [[BASIC]] language [[interpreter]] that was distributed with non-IBM MS-DOS computers, and supports all the graphics modes and features of BASICA.com on computers that do not have IBM Cassette BASIC in ROMS..
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GWBasic.exe came with MS-DOS on machines (Clones) that did not have Cassette Basic in ROMS.  
  
 
An excellent reference for GWBasic can be found here:
 
An excellent reference for GWBasic can be found here:

Revision as of 08:27, 1 May 2020

GWBasic 3.22

GW-BASIC, launched in 1983, is a disk-based BASIC language interpreter that was distributed with non-IBM MS-DOS computers, and supports all the graphics modes and features of BASICA.com on computers that do not have IBM Cassette BASIC in ROMS..

GWBasic.exe came with MS-DOS on machines (Clones) that did not have Cassette Basic in ROMS.

An excellent reference for GWBasic can be found here:

http://www.oocities.com/KindlyRat/GWBASIC.html

Importantly are: