> Damn, I mean to send this to the list but managed to direct it just to
> Paul.  Why does MS Exchange
> seem to randomly choose between piclist and the actual sender when you do
> a reply?  Maybe the clue
>  is in the MS bit!
>
> For all those basic fans out there try:
>
> ftp://ftp.powerbasic.com/pub/firstbas.zip
>
> FirstBasic is (allegedly) a QBasic compatible compiler and it's shareware.
>
> Also HiTech of the PIC C compiler fame do a nice Dos C Compiler called
> Pacific C which is now freeware and has an on-line forum.
> http://www.htsoft.com is the place to go.
>
> Regards
>
> Mike Rigby-Jones
> mrjones@nortelnetworks.com
>
> ----------
> From:         Paul B. Webster VK2BZC[SMTP:paulb@MIDCOAST.COM.AU]
> Sent:         19 January 1999 11:04
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: GW-Basic
>
> Brad Stockdale wrote:
>
> >    Does anyone on the list know where I can download a copy of either
>
> >         a) Microsoft GW-Basic
> >         b) Microsoft QBASIC
>
>   IIRC, and this was a recent thread, these came with DOS, versions 3.3
> and 6 respectively.
>
> >    I find these languages easy to use to test out hardware.  Very
> > quick development time, etc.
>
>   Well, you may think that, but I vastly prefer F-PC which is at:
> http://www.spiritone.com/~fwarren/fpc.html
>
>   I have been using this for mucking about with the parallel port, and
> testing procedures for delays required for chip programming.  BASIC does
> some things, but the capabilities of an integrated MACRO editor, faster
> interpreted execution, inline assembler and the ability to target
> compile to concise .COM code in F-PC outshine it IMO.
> --
>   Cheers,
>         Paul B.
>
>