GFA Basic

Marcy · 07 July 2012, 12:32

Ok, here is another request. I found version 3.041 and 3.52 both in English. Maybe someone knows where to find ...

GFA Basic

in German language? Different releases are welcome.

Best regards,
Marcy

mai · 07 July 2012, 15:28

v3.00 and v3.02 are currently in TOSEC, both english.

mai · 07 July 2012, 20:24

A hidden message by the programmer of a well known commercial game:

Quote:

Dieses Programm ist in GFA-Basic 3.51D Amiga geschrieben. Ich habe nur eine Lehre daraus gezogen: NEVERMORE! In reinem Assembler programmiert wäre es fast ein halbes Jahr früher fertig geworden. GFA-Basic ist ein einziger Bug!

Do you know the game?

Probably the "3.15D" bit is a indication, that german version exists.

Marcy · 08 July 2012, 00:00

I am quite sure I used GFA Basic in German. If even GFA Assembler was released in German

Schlachtwerk · 08 July 2012, 01:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by mai

A hidden message by the programmer of a well known commercial game:

Do you know the game?

Probably the "3.15D" bit is a indication, that german version exists.

This is from the Game Logical, i have found this message too, years ago ^^.

http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=689

19 January 2014, 19:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marcy

Ok, here is another request. I found version 3.041 and 3.52 both in English. Maybe someone knows where to find ...

I'm looking for GFABASIC 3.52E, but no luck so far. Any chance someone uploaded it somewhere?

emufan · 19 January 2014, 20:29

GFABasic 3.52 english and GFAAssembler 1.5 were zoned

disk 2 got some read errors here, but menux program does start.

19 January 2014, 20:55

I downloaded GfaBasic-3.52-English.zip just now, but its actually not the English version. Start the editor and go to direct mode and enter ERROR 100, it states 3.52 D (German).

emufan · 19 January 2014, 21:24

hrm, I can see some non-english messages too - lazy translators? cannot say. I once saved this version and called the folder english version.
pulldown menu and gui got english commands, so i was thinking it's the english version

19 January 2014, 21:52

Its a bit strange as all the error messages are in German. The compiler and linker also contain "D" in the version information and German error messages.

There was also French versions with "F" at some point.

emufan · 21 January 2014, 17:21

indeed, strange, it's somehow mixed version. the more important thing, it's the compiler on one of the disks.
i was looking again, but these in the zone are the latest i have or can find. maybe someone else, sooner or later

21 January 2014, 23:44

I was toying with the idea of fixing the major bugs, but I wanted to start with the last known English version. The amiga version is a direct port of the ST version, the only changes are hardware access. For example if you load the editor and enter the line 'INLINE ard%,-8' it will crash instantly when you press return. Do the same on the ST, same result. I say toying with the idea, because it would really be a huge task and I don't know if its worth the effort. If GFABASIC was made stable and ran on 040/060 machines would anyone use it?

emufan · 22 January 2014, 15:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by lp060

... If GFABASIC was made stable and ran on 040/060 machines would anyone use it?

nice projects, but i fear you wont see hundred of votes for such a patch here. once uploaded on aminet, there will be some downloads for sure

there are patches for amigabasic and metacomco ABasiC - i'm confident your work will be appreciated as well

kamelito · 22 January 2014, 20:16

@ip060
Maybe you can ask this guy's patchs. Atari.
http://userpages.bright.net/~gfabasic/

22 January 2014, 21:53

That would be my page.

kamelito · 22 January 2014, 23:26

oops, how about a Mac version of GFA basic? I know that Omikron is available but outdated.
Don't know why but I always liked the GFA Basic editor, today there's too many features..
Kamelito

23 January 2014, 01:52

Although I have a Mac, that would not interest me and it would be even more work than fixing the amiga version. I have looked at omikron, at least the ST version and its very poorly designed. No standard library or linker and thus almost impossible to fix bugs in it. I did do a lot of work to get GFABASIC running on the FireBee Atari clone, but that was not a port, as the CPU is similar, it was mostly changing the way some things are done.

emufan · 23 January 2014, 18:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by lp060

FireBee Atari clone

once again gfa basic, i found version 3.5 "U" ( 'error 100' says so ) looks like english version. yes, not the final, but i thought i zone it, just in case

kamelito · 02 March 2014, 19:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by lp060

I was toying with the idea of fixing the major bugs, but I wanted to start with the last known English version. The amiga version is a direct port of the ST version, the only changes are hardware access. For example if you load the editor and enter the line 'INLINE ard%,-8' it will crash instantly when you press return. Do the same on the ST, same result. I say toying with the idea, because it would really be a huge task and I don't know if its worth the effort. If GFABASIC was made stable and ran on 040/060 machines would anyone use it?

I will

Kamelito

Etze · 03 March 2014, 10:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by lp060

If GFABASIC was made stable and ran on 040/060 machines would anyone use it?

Sure!

07 July 2012, 12:32	#1
Marcy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: 68000 Posts: 36	GFA Basic Ok, here is another request. I found version 3.041 and 3.52 both in English. Maybe someone knows where to find ... GFA Basic in German language? Different releases are welcome. Best regards, Marcy

07 July 2012, 15:28	#2
mai Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Federativnaya Respublika Germaniya Posts: 4,994	v3.00 and v3.02 are currently in TOSEC, both english. Last edited by mai; 07 July 2012 at 20:22.

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19 January 2014, 20:55	#8
lp060 Posts: n/a	I downloaded GfaBasic-3.52-English.zip just now, but its actually not the English version. Start the editor and go to direct mode and enter ERROR 100, it states 3.52 D (German).

19 January 2014, 21:24	#9
emufan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: #DrainTheSwamp Posts: 4,545	hrm, I can see some non-english messages too - lazy translators? cannot say. I once saved this version and called the folder english version. pulldown menu and gui got english commands, so i was thinking it's the english version

19 January 2014, 21:52	#10
lp060 Posts: n/a	Its a bit strange as all the error messages are in German. The compiler and linker also contain "D" in the version information and German error messages. There was also French versions with "F" at some point.

21 January 2014, 17:21	#11
emufan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: #DrainTheSwamp Posts: 4,545	indeed, strange, it's somehow mixed version. the more important thing, it's the compiler on one of the disks. i was looking again, but these in the zone are the latest i have or can find. maybe someone else, sooner or later

21 January 2014, 23:44	#12
lp060 Posts: n/a	I was toying with the idea of fixing the major bugs, but I wanted to start with the last known English version. The amiga version is a direct port of the ST version, the only changes are hardware access. For example if you load the editor and enter the line 'INLINE ard%,-8' it will crash instantly when you press return. Do the same on the ST, same result. I say toying with the idea, because it would really be a huge task and I don't know if its worth the effort. If GFABASIC was made stable and ran on 040/060 machines would anyone use it?

22 January 2014, 20:16	#14
kamelito Zone Friend Join Date: May 2006 Location: France Posts: 1,801	@ip060 Maybe you can ask this guy's patchs. Atari. http://userpages.bright.net/~gfabasic/

22 January 2014, 21:53	#15
lp060 Posts: n/a	That would be my page.

22 January 2014, 23:26	#16
kamelito Zone Friend Join Date: May 2006 Location: France Posts: 1,801	oops, how about a Mac version of GFA basic? I know that Omikron is available but outdated. Don't know why but I always liked the GFA Basic editor, today there's too many features.. Kamelito

23 January 2014, 01:52	#17
lp060 Posts: n/a	Although I have a Mac, that would not interest me and it would be even more work than fixing the amiga version. I have looked at omikron, at least the ST version and its very poorly designed. No standard library or linker and thus almost impossible to fix bugs in it. I did do a lot of work to get GFABASIC running on the FireBee Atari clone, but that was not a port, as the CPU is similar, it was mostly changing the way some things are done.

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