From 8c951dea3cc6347e7b090bac704ae64d26b3fa9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Markus Birth Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 00:53:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added README. --- README.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7cf75b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +GW-BASIC historical files +========================= + +This is a collection of my old GW-BASIC scripts from around 1991-1996. My dad +had bought our first PC, a 386DX-40 which came with MS-DOS ... and GW-BASIC. + +The oldest file I could dig out was dated 1992. I was 11 years at that time. + + + +How to use +---------- + +[Microsoft just open-sourced GW-BASIC](https://github.com/microsoft/GW-BASIC). +However, if you're not into compiling that, the [gwbasic.exe can be downloaded on archive.org](https://archive.org/details/gwbasic.exe). +This should run fine in DOSBox. + +Also, there's [PC-BASIC](https://github.com/robhagemans/pcbasic) which runs +wherever Python can run.