Old Basic program compiled?
Old Basic program compiled?
(OP)
Please forgive my ignorance in advance, I am not a software engineer
so here goes.
We have a version of an old basic program written in the 1980's.
We believe it is compiled.
We are looking to have it re-written.
Is this possible?
so here goes.
We have a version of an old basic program written in the 1980's.
We believe it is compiled.
We are looking to have it re-written.
Is this possible?





RE: Old Basic program compiled?
Your last question confuses me. Any code can be re-written; it's just a matter of time and money.
Again, if you actually have the source code, and the fact that you know it's BASIC suggests so, it can probably be ported verbatim into Visual Studio BASIC or even Excel's Visual BASIC for Applications.
BASIC programs tend to steer away from dinking with the computer hardware, particularly for any kind of engineering analysis program. That should make it relatively simple to port.
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RE: Old Basic program compiled?
We cannot get to the source code, we just run the file as an application.
What does this suggest?
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Mike Halloran
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@bretthydra: If the program can't be converted to human-readable (source code) format, your only options are to either have it re-written from scratch using the program specifications, or keep using it in a virtual machine (ie DosBox, VirtualBox, VMWare, etc).
I can't think of many engineering programs of that vintage that couldn't be vastly improved by using modern HW and algorithms.
RE: Old Basic program compiled?
Yes, MS did sell a compiler for their language.
Some years later, as things developed, our products were developed in other languages.
FWIW, the product that preceeded our CP/M-based AMACOM was a Tektronics graphics terminal, running its own Basic- interpreted.
From what I could find out, it was a 12-bit system, using 3 4-bit processors.
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Jay
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