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Stert #1 / 9	source code of GWBASIC I'm looking for the source code of Bill Gates' old language "GW-Basic" . Is it available meanwhile or are there still copyright issues ?
Tue, 08 Mar 2005 15:37:13 GMT

Michael Mattia #2 / 9	source code of GWBASIC Quote: > I'm looking for the source code of Bill Gates' old language "GW-Basic" . > Is it available meanwhile or are there still copyright issues ? As far as I know, the source code to GW-BASIC was never released to the public. You might try: Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond WA 98052-6399 USA Sales Info: 1-800-426-9400 MCM
Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:24:10 GMT

miles #3 / 9	source code of GWBASIC Prior to GW-Basic there was MS Basic with the most popular referred to as MS 8K Basic because it was stored in 8K of onboard proms on many early personal computers. It was written entirely in assembly code and ported to many CPUs of the time...6502, 6800, Z80 etc. Most computer manufactures changed it and added features to it to suit their needs meaning little standardization existed. Quote: > > I'm looking for the source code of Bill Gates' old language "GW-Basic" . > > Is it available meanwhile or are there still copyright issues ? > As far as I know, the source code to GW-BASIC was never released to the > public. > You might try: > Microsoft Corporation > One Microsoft Way > Redmond WA 98052-6399 USA > Sales Info: 1-800-426-9400 > MCM
Wed, 09 Mar 2005 02:19:01 GMT

the Wi #4 / 9	source code of GWBASIC Quote: >I'm looking for the source code of Bill Gates' old language "GW-Basic" . >Is it available meanwhile or are there still copyright issues ? Probably the closest you will get is one of the freeware BASIC interpreters. If you'll settle for C code, you can find a link to the source for Bywater Basic (and several others in other languages) at: http://www.rahul.net/rhn/basic/ (scroll down to "other resources". VB3 source code: http://thelabwiz.home.mindspring.com/vbsource.html VB6 source code: http://thelabwiz.home.mindspring.com/vb6source.html VB6 - MySQL how to: http://thelabwiz.home.mindspring.com/mysql.html Fix the obvious to reply by email.
Wed, 09 Mar 2005 07:43:52 GMT

r.. #5 / 9	source code of GWBASIC Quote: >I'm looking for the source code of Bill Gates' old language "GW-Basic" . >Is it available meanwhile or are there still copyright issues ? The source code is still copyrighted by Microsoft, probably for at least another 45+ years. But you CAN get a copy of some source code with a little vintage computer and antique book research. In the early 1980's a few books about MS Basic source code were published. The Basic source code itself was copyrighted and therefore not printed. But disassembly by an individual of a computer they owned was considered legal. So a book could publish the code for a disassembler, and a complete set of reverse engineered comments for the resultant assembly language listing. You sucked the machine code for Basic out the ROM of your computer, ran the disassembler, and added the comments from the book. The result was complete and fairly readable source code. If I recall, there were books of this type published on the TRS-80 Level II, Applesoft and IBM PC versions of Microsoft Basic. Not sure where to look for very out-of-print books of this vintage. And of course, you need to find the ROM for one of these old PC's also (might be able to find one on a junk heap in someone's garage). IMHO. YMMV. -- #include <canonical.disclaimer> // only my own opinions, etc.
Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:37:26 GMT

Michael Bla #6 / 9	source code of GWBASIC Quote: > I'm looking for the source code of Bill Gates' old language "GW-Basic" . > Is it available meanwhile or are there still copyright issues ? Others have answered, but you know just because something has fallen out of copyright (and I'm not saying it has) doesn't mean you'll ever see the source code. There is absolutely no obligation by someone to release it, at any time, GPL excepted. So even if any Microsoft Basic was no longer copyrighted (I don't think so, but if any it would be the earliest, starting from 1975) the only way you'd see source code is if someone happened to have it, a third party most likely, and let it go. If you simply want to see the source to a BASIC interpreter, go and look for early issues of Dr. Dobbs. It started in order to generate interest in, and actual programs, for a tiny BASIC that would run in the sort of memory that was common circa 1975. There were plenty of them published in the early days, and the process was continued as new CPUs came into hobby circles. There was a tiny BASIC for the 6809 and the 68000. Michael
Sat, 12 Mar 2005 02:12:32 GMT

j.. #7 / 9	source code of GWBASIC there is Yabasic interpreter source written in C http://www.yabasic.de/ Quote: > I'm looking for the source code of Bill Gates' old language "GW-Basic" . > Is it available meanwhile or are there still copyright issues ?
Sat, 12 Mar 2005 02:35:47 GMT

Tim Shop #8 / 9	source code of GWBASIC Quote: > If I recall, there were books of this type published on the TRS-80 > Level II, Applesoft and IBM PC versions of Microsoft Basic. The Wheaton Library bookstore (Wheaton, MD) has several copies of "TRS-80 Level II ROMs" available. I never saw a disassembly of Applesoft BASIC, but "Beneath Apple DOS" was very popular too. Tim.
Sat, 12 Mar 2005 03:07:04 GMT

Paul Guerti #9 / 9	source code of GWBASIC Quote: > I never saw a disassembly of Applesoft BASIC, but "Beneath Apple DOS" > was very popular too. Two popular macro assemblers, Merlin and the S-C assembler, came with a fully-commented disassembly of Applesoft. Actually, for copyright reasons, it was more of a disassembly kit: you got a program that would disassemble Applesoft from your computer's ROM and automatically add meaningful labels and comments in the right place, then dump the listing to a text file. Paul Guertin
Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:47:08 GMT

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