On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Jeffrey <ellsn...@aol.com> wrote: > IIRC NT 4.0 included some DOS 5.0 utilities and programs (including edit, > debug, etc). > Actually, sometime after this, microsoft created a new version of edit that > doesn't require > qbasic.
The earlier version of edit was essentially a compiled batch file that called qbasic with its editor personality. I was *delighted* to see that finally changed. > As far as I know, these are still shipped with 32-bit > windows, minus qbasic for some reason. The reason is simple enough: what on earth would you *do* with qbasic on 32bit Windows? MS was already shifting to embedding Visual Basic for Applications as the macro language in Word, Excel and the like, and if you wanted to program in BASIC for Windows, you bought Visual BASIC. > Jeffrey ______ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
