I looked a bit deeper and my link only showed that GWBasic is fully compatible under Dosbox, but does not include a download link. GW Basic has been open-sourced and the Assembly files are available on github, but not an executable. Not sure where to go from there... I'd try Bill Barry's suggestion before traveling down the rabbit hole I was pointing at...
On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 5:13 PM Bill Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 7:02 PM Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] > > I see a Debian package that might work > python3-pcbasic - cross-platform emulator for the GW-BASIC family of > interpreters (Python2) > > Bill >
