What is a QBASC or MSDOS equivelent for Windows 7 64Bit?


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    Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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    What is a QBASC or MSDOS equivelent for Windows 7 64Bit?


    I loved using Qbasic for Windows 7 in MS DOS, but sadly windows 7 64-bit doesn't support it. I know that there is the command line (cmd.exe), but it's not the same as qbasic. Is there any program I can use (besides a VMWare and OracleBox) that I can use to recreate the goodness that was qbasic?
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    W10 Pro desktop, W11 laptop, W11 Pro tablet (all 64-bit)
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    You could try running QBasic in DOSBox.
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    A little Googling about it and found a nice free and open source alternative, FreeBasic.

    It's just a Basic compiler for Windows (and other systems too) that claims to have almost full compatibility with QBasic programs, as well as new functions. At least it seems to merit a try, but never used it myself.
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    Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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    strollin said:
    You could try running QBasic in DOSBox.
    Where do I get that? (Qbasic, I meant. I already have DOSBox)
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    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Mac OS X 10.10, Linux Mint 17, Windows 10 Pro TP
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    Qbasic, QuickBasic and other such programs are 16-bit and have real problems running on 64-bit hardware. It might work to run them in a 32-bit version of WinXP in the WindowsXP Mode installation on Win7.
    Install and use Windows XP Mode in Windows 7
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    I've found DOSBox Qbasic equivelent and It's solved. Thank you for helping :)
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    Alpha Hedge said:
    I've found DOSBox Qbasic equivelent and It's solved. Thank you for helping :)
    When one finds a solution to a posted question they really ought to post that solution, might be someone else interested. Otherwise a forum is of no use to others.
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    Oh, sorry. My solution was getting DOSBox from DOSBox, an x86 emulator with DOS, downloading QuickBasic45 from Most popular QBasic and QuickBasic Downloads • QBasic Top 10 Downloads and clicking 'download' on QBasic 4.5 EN, running DOSBox, mounting C: as the directory that you downloaded the file in, going to that directory, typing 'qb', and it runs the program. I'll upload a video later.
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