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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 [[ROM]]s..
 
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 [[ROM]]s..
  
GWBasic.exe came with MS-DOS on machines (clones) that did not have 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:
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http://www.oocities.com/KindlyRat/GWBASIC.html
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==External links==
  
Importantly are:
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* [http://www.oocities.com/KindlyRat/GWBASIC.html GW-BASIC] - an excellent reference for GWBasic
*[http://www.oocities.com/KindlyRat/GWBASIC.EXE.zip GWBasic]
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** [http://www.oocities.com/KindlyRat/GWBASIC.EXE.zip GWBasic]
*[http://www.oocities.com/KindlyRat/GWBASIC_Help.zip Help files in a Windows help file]
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** [http://www.oocities.com/KindlyRat/COMPILER.zip A compiler for GWBasic]
*[http://www.oocities.com/KindlyRat/COMPILER.zip A compiler for GWBasic]
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** [http://www.oocities.com/KindlyRat/GWBASIC_Help.zip Help files] - in a Windows help file
 
 
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[[Category: Languages]]
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[[Category: BASIC Dialects]]

Latest revision as of 19:32, 20 June 2023

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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..

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

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