hi, i had tried to use dosbox for an old accts program using btrieve and i had disaster..
vdos record/file locking seems flawless - ty..
there are some modules done in qbasic 4.5 and although they do work too i cant get qbasic
to run...it loads ok but seems to lose the keyboard..
thanks for any help..
the exe modules done in qbasic run perfect..
its the actual qbasic editor that loads ok but loses the keyboard..
at the vdos prompt i do qb.exe - loads ok no errors but i have to exit the window
because i cant input anything...even esc..
YesI have test the cablethe qbasic program and the labview program. I can use the cable and qbasic programe to control my machine very well. And I can use labview to send and receive from one pc to another.
I think what you said is right. The qbasic command PRINT #1 maybe modify the sending data a little bit, for example, add some additional letter before or after the command. But I don't know what it is.
I have no idea why your qbasic program would stop at line 40 and say device timeout. If anything, it would stop at line 60 if it is waiting for data to come into the serial port that never comes because you didn't write your LabVIEW program in a way to send back any data like your device would do.
That GORILLAS.BAS clone looks awesome! Do NIBBLES.BAS next! I did see a couple of folks made snake games but an actual clone of the colors/sounds of the qbasic one would be awesome. Can't wait to play it when you're done lol. Trying to imitate the explosion sounds too? I used to get a huge kick out of throwing bananas way in the air and seeing them blow up inside a building because the downwards velocity had become so huge lol.