Amiga Basic

metalrules · 25 August 2006, 09:59

Does anybody have Amiga Basic and how do i get it to work on WinUAE......Thanx

rockersuke · 03 September 2006, 14:36

Amiga Basic was a not freely distributable Microsoft program, so you'll have to search into the warez jungle out there...

It was originally included in the extras disk of some early WB 1.3 sets. Some of them won´t have it at all and others will have the german version. Using it on WinUAE isn't any different from using any other soft on this emulator. Just introduce the WB extras disk and click the AmigaBasic icon, It will guide you to the IDE, wich is just a two windows set, one for typing the listings and another for direct commands and watching the results.

Some pirate sites have some called "AmigaBasic" adf files, but, if I remember right, they actually are the GFA Basic or some other similar Basic thing. Amiga Basic wasn't that good anyway, so if you really are into Basic programming you can check the Aminet for PD compilers. They would do the job fairly right.

I still have the original Spanish edition manual, and it was practically identical to contemporary MS-DOS QBasic with a fistful of extra commands to handle up to certain extent the Amiga multimedia capabilities. Not such a big deal, IMHO ^^', though it can be interesting to test your long Basic programs on the fly before compiling them with the Hisoft compiler (wich can be a bit tedious with big projects) for example.

metalrules · 04 September 2006, 11:10

It is not that i want amiga basic but i have game editors that wont work because it tells me that i need amiga basic for it to work.

DrBong · 04 September 2006, 16:27

@metalrules
If all you want to do is compile AmigaBASIC programs, then try Cursor. If you want the whole enchilada and a good deal more, then have a look at ACE BASIC. It's AmigaBASIC compatible and has additional command sets.

s2325 · 25 March 2011, 23:17

There is some error in Basic game on Duell (19xx)(Everett, John)(PD).adf

Maybe it's easy to fix?

25 August 2006, 09:59	#1
metalrules Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Melbourne / Australia Posts: 32	Amiga Basic Does anybody have Amiga Basic and how do i get it to work on WinUAE......Thanx

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03 September 2006, 14:36	#2
rockersuke Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Madrid / Spain Age: 56 Posts: 258	Amiga Basic was a not freely distributable Microsoft program, so you'll have to search into the warez jungle out there... It was originally included in the extras disk of some early WB 1.3 sets. Some of them won´t have it at all and others will have the german version. Using it on WinUAE isn't any different from using any other soft on this emulator. Just introduce the WB extras disk and click the AmigaBasic icon, It will guide you to the IDE, wich is just a two windows set, one for typing the listings and another for direct commands and watching the results. Some pirate sites have some called "AmigaBasic" adf files, but, if I remember right, they actually are the GFA Basic or some other similar Basic thing. Amiga Basic wasn't that good anyway, so if you really are into Basic programming you can check the Aminet for PD compilers. They would do the job fairly right. I still have the original Spanish edition manual, and it was practically identical to contemporary MS-DOS QBasic with a fistful of extra commands to handle up to certain extent the Amiga multimedia capabilities. Not such a big deal, IMHO ^^', though it can be interesting to test your long Basic programs on the fly before compiling them with the Hisoft compiler (wich can be a bit tedious with big projects) for example.

04 September 2006, 11:10	#3
metalrules Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Melbourne / Australia Posts: 32	It is not that i want amiga basic but i have game editors that wont work because it tells me that i need amiga basic for it to work.

04 September 2006, 16:27	#4
DrBong HOL / AMR Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 2,632	@metalrules If all you want to do is compile AmigaBASIC programs, then try Cursor. If you want the whole enchilada and a good deal more, then have a look at ACE BASIC. It's AmigaBASIC compatible and has additional command sets.

25 March 2011, 23:17	#5
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	There is some error in Basic game on Duell (19xx)(Everett, John)(PD).adf Maybe it's easy to fix?

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