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Well, I suddenly missed GW-Basic very much, so I want to install one in my new Ubuntu box. I have a long time not programmed for GW-Basic, so I don't know if there comes new releases. I copied GWBASIC.EXE from my old DOS 3.3 box, but it seems not start using Wine. I guess it's 16-bit so Wine will not support it.
Is there something like 286 emulator? Or should I have to run some expensive VM like Vmware? Oh no.
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GW-BASIC Operator To enter a problem, respond to the Ok prompt with a question mark (?), followed by the statement of the problem you want to solve, and press the RETURN key. In GW-BASIC, the question mark can be used interchangeably with the keyword PRINT. The answer is then displayed.
Answer. F2 keyTo run the program, simply press the F2 key, which is assigned to the RUN command.
GW-BASIC was designed for the IBM PC and is similar to IBM BASICA language, but is a self-contained executable and unlike other BASIC derived languages; it doesn't need the ROM BASIC. Some of the GW-BASIC features include: CLS command for clearing the screen. PRINT USING and LPRINT commands.
DOSbox works for running gwbasic, and many old dos programs.
To install it: sudo apt-get install dosbox
To run it: dosbox gwbasic.exe
Caveats: DOSbox emulates the CPU, so it runs apps slower than on Wine or as a native app. However, anything that originally ran on a 486 should run fine with DOSbox.
Speaking of gwbasic, by default it saves the source in a binary format. You can save in a text format with the a (ascii) switch, like this:
save "filename",a
As far as a basic interpreter that runs gwbasic code on Ubuntu, I haven't found one yet, but I am still looking.
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