Install Dosbox from your distro's repository. Download GW Basic from https://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?showID=4158&letter=G
Start Dosbox then run the gwbasic executable, then you should be able to run the .BAS binary file under GWBasic. On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 5:02 PM Keith Lofstrom <kei...@kl-ic.com> wrote: > A 20+ y.o. astronomy book included a 3.5 inch floppy > disk with a .BAS program in the back, executable with > IBM Advanced Basic or GW Basic. And a time machine ... > > I was able to read the floppy and extract the file. > > I've "tried" a couple of poorly-documented "basic" > binaries available for ubuntu 20.04; couldn't get them > to run; possibly PEBKAC, probably lack of documentation. > > Suggestions for a 21st century Linux BASIC that can > run ancient .BAS binaries? > > Keith > > ps: I know the author, he's 80yo with vision problems. > He would help if he could, but ... chances are, I will > end up helping HIM port HIS program to a 21st century > platform. > > pps: The program is calculates comet and asteroid > impact hazards. It will be a damned shame if humanity > needs the program to survive someday, but we cannot > translate it to contemporary software/hardware :-/ > > -- > Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com >
