QBasics-2019

Wugi's QBasics 2019 version
QBasic gecodeerd gepeins - Qbasics in codex

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Inlaadbare .bas en .exe bestanden:
...Downloadable .bas and .exe files
Gewaardeerde QBasic webstekken:
...Appreciated QBasic web sites

Extensive QB pages qbComplex and qbRelaty , see more at tips below ...

Inlaadbare .bas en .exe bestanden: Downloadable .bas and .exe files:

MEET QB64

QBasic does not work any longer on its own in a Windows environment. I've kept the old General remarks and file descriptions almost unchanged below.

Instead there is now a Windows-compatible version: QB64. Its portal site with download facilities is here: https://www.portal.qb64.org/. Simply install the software.
    A *.bas program opened in QB64 can be run immediately. QB64 will then create an *.exe file (in its own directory), and run it. Afterwards the *.exe can also be run on its own.
   It is worth reminding that a QB64 editing or output window can be brought to Full Screen by pushing the keys ALT+ENTER. Using them repeatedly lets you cycle through the modes
Window => Full Screen => Full Screen interlaced => Full Screen proportional* => Full Screen proportional interlaced => Window
*proportional = centered and with the screen ratio of a DOS screen (640x480, or 3x2), so that circles and squares get well-proportioned.

I have made adapted QB64 *.bas versions of the programs on this page. I have joined them all together in one *.zip file, which is dowloadable here.
In many programs the adaptation consists of, or includes, slowing down execution speed to get a smooth animation.
Look for a (nested) loop "FOR dum = 0 TO 10000 : (FOR dum2 = 0 TO NNN : NEXT dum2 :) NEXT dum" and adapt the limits if too slow or fast yet...

Another zip file with VB (VisualBasic) versions of some of these programs is also available here .

I have also uploaded the *.bas files and the *.exe files into Google Drive. Here are the links for the *.bas directory and the *.exe directory (~75 MB).
I've also included the VB and Excel files in the *.exe directory.
An alternative description of this page with individual links to the *.exe files (but without links to the individual code and screenshot zip files) is here.

General remarks

Got rid of QBasic or never seen it? (it's a Dos command). Download it here!
QBasic does not work any longer on its own in a Windows environment. One needs a "DOS shell" tool to have it run in. This is achieved eg by DOSBox, from within which QB is then launched, its programs opened and run. Moreover, you can take screenshots or a video of the output. More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox and http://www.dosbox.com/ ...

An alternative for QB, PowerBasic or PB, is also no longer Windows-compatible, but can be run within DOSBox. Often the same .bas-code may run both in QB and PB. Occasionally I've written an adapted PB .bas code, in the remaining cases only QB would run the .bas file. In the case of Tapistry, it had to be PB only, due to a DIM HUGE command unavailable in QB. The program wouldn't even run within PB, but the compiled program runs all right.
I have also some Visual Basic or VB program versions or programs, mentioned where available ( .vbp, .vbw, .frm and corresponding .exe files)

Each program below comes with a code.zip and a screenshot.zip file. The code.zip may contain QB and/or PB .bas code, the .exe compilations (for compiling QB the extended QuickBasic program is needed), and where available VB or Excel versions. The screenshot.zip shows some output examples of the program, and occasionally also the intro screens or menus. For some programs other illustratory material is available, which is then pointed to. .

Fysica Physics

code	screenshots	description	tips
EarthSun	Aardezon	AardeZon: Weergave van hemelsfeer gezien vanop aarde, en de zonnebanen erop EarthSun: Rendering of celestial sphere as seen on earth, and of sun paths thereon
Botsing	Botsing	Botsingen tussen twee deeltjes (elastisch tot absorptie) *Collisions between two particles (elastic thru absorption)*
Relaty	Relaty Relaty-TwinPar	Relateit: Een spoedcursus speciale relativiteit, vanuit meetkundig perspectief, met bewegend beeld Relaty: Quick course on Special relativity, from a geometric approach, with moving display	see examples at qbRelaty and notes at MySRT page paratwin
Relasee	Relasee	Hoe relativistische objecten gezien worden is, gegeven de eindige lichtsnelheid, nog wat anders dan hun Lorentzcoördinaten! Seeing relativistic objects at work is another step beyond the Lorentz transformation ! (given finite light speed)	see examples at qbRelaty and notes at MySRT page paratwin
Lichklok	Lichklok	Lichtklokken als bouwstenen van ruimtetijd. Light clocks as building blocks of spacetime	see examples at qbRelaty and notes at MySRT page paratwin (#My SRT)
Twinty	see tips	Een Tweelingparadoxsimulator, Relaty benadering A Twin Paradox simulator, Relaty- or Lorentz flavoured.	see examples at qbRelaty and notes at MySRT page paratwin (#Twinty and Twinsee)
Twinsee	see tips	Een Tweelingparadoxsimulator, Relasee benadering A Twin Paradox simulator, Relasee- or Einstein flavoured.	see examples at qbRelaty and notes at MySRT page paratwin (#Twinty and Twinsee)
Twintest	Twintest	Twinrev3: A Minkovsky description in the frame(s) of the traveler twin Twintest: Showing the aging process of the twins	Twinrev3: see at MySRT page paratwin (#TwinRev) velocity controls "+","-", end=Space Twintest: see at MySRT page paratwin (#TwinRev) velocity controls "+","-", end=Space

Wiskunde Maths

code	screenshots	description	tips
Compleks	Complex	2D weergave van 4D objecten beantwoordend aan complexe functies Y=F(X) 2D rendering of 4D objects representing complex functions Y=F(X)	see at qbComplex
Rationa	Rationaa	Het verschil tussen rationaal en irrationaal, als cirkelhoeken A distinction between rational and irrational, as angles on a circle
Randdist	Randdist	Het verschil tussen ogenschijnlijke en echte random-verdelingen Illustrating the difference between apparent and real random distributions
Planeet	Planet	Een soort planeetbaan, als een soort fractalgenerator A planet trajectory of sorts, as a kind of fractal generator
Growth	Growth	Verscheidene Groei-progs. *Various Growth progs.* Growth: door mosachtige vertakking. by moss-like ramification. SloGro: door aanhechting op een kiem. by attachment to a germ. ImpaGro: door impact op een kiem. by impact upon a germ. MigGro: door migratie van een kiem. by migration of a germ. QuiGro: Snelgroei van een kiem. Quick growth of a germ.
Smoothe	Smoothe	Afvlakking van een N-polygoon Smoothe out an N-polyline
CelAuto	CelAuto	Pogingen tot CelAutomaten *Tentative cellular automata*
CircFrac	CircFrac	Fractalen vanaf een beginfiguur (eerst een cirkel, maar sindsdien verscheidene), met drie takken, een contractiefactor en een schaalfactor voor de figuur. *Fractals from an initial figure (first a circle, now various), with three branches, a contraction factor and a scale factor for the figure.*	Sierpinsky sieve: see parms in menu.

Ani-meer Ani-mate

code	screenshots	description	tips
Worm	Worm	Metamorfoses van een wormpje Metamorphoses of a little worm
Worms	Worms	Een wereld van twee wormpjes A world of two worms	When a worm life ends data is written to a "Worms.txt" file.
FracSpir	FracSpir	Fractaal onder elkaar duikende spiraalarmen van Brownse lijnen Spirals of Brownian line arms whirling fractally beneath each other NEW! with VB-version
RoShrink	RoShrink	Variaties rond spiralen van elkaar najagende honden Variations on a spiralling bunch of interhunting hounds
Sondriaa	Sondriaa	Mondriaa: Mondriaanse tableaus. Mondriaan paintings. Sondriaa: akoustische Mondrianen. acoustic Mondriaans.
Tapistry	Tapijt	Gecompileerd in PowerBasic: maak je eigen tapijt design Compiled in PowerBasic: make your own tapistry design	I had to use a DIM HUGE command here, unavailable in QB. Data asked for is written to a "Tapistry.txt" file.
Sterren	Sterren	Sterretjes zien op je scherm Stars and starlets on ya screen
BasiClok	BasiClok	Een Basic uurwerk ;-) *A Basic Watch ;-)* NEW! with VB-version
Obj-Rot	Obj-Rot	Een objectrotator, rond een vaste as. An object rotator, around a fixed axis.
WavePack	WavePack	Golfpakketjes simuleren door variëren bandwijdte. *Attempt at showing wave packs through varying sample width.*

Na-Spel A-Game

code	screenshots	description	tips
Kubo	Kubo	Als je op het voorgaande af wilt kicken, een soortement spel dus A game to kick off from previous Have a feel at the Excel-version, unfinished alas :-o)
Sudoku	Sudoku	Een sudoku-oplosser A sudoku-solver NEW! with Excel-version	The Basic prog attempts to read a "sudotest.txt" file and writes the solution to a "sudoopl.txt" file, in the same dir. The Excel version offers also a hints and a "library" tab.

Gewaardeerde QBasic webstekken: Appreciated QBasic web sites:

http://qbasic.com/links.htm
The QBasic Site (Home)
The Programmer's Page
BCP Basic Computer Programming
Lior Zur's Qbasic Site
New Moon Productions
Toshi's Project Page
Tim's QuickBasic Page