Comments on: Microsoft XENIX 286 BASIC Compiler https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/10/30/microsoft-xenix-286-basic-compiler/ Fun with Virtualization Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:07:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: tenox https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/10/30/microsoft-xenix-286-basic-compiler/comment-page-1/#comment-259097 Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:59:36 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=9033#comment-259097 In reply to Ian D..

I guess because I deleted my account on archive.org. Fuck these assholes.

These images will not mount they are tar format. You need to do `tar xvf /dev/fd0`

]]> By: Ian D. https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/10/30/microsoft-xenix-286-basic-compiler/comment-page-1/#comment-259084 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 19:47:30 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=9033#comment-259084 In reply to tenox.

Thanks for posting the new link! The error page from Archive.org looked very similar to the one you get when a software collection is removed due to copyright reasons.

BTW, I was attempting to get SCO OpenDesktop to work (as it appears you have version 2.0 on your site), but I can’t work out what format the disk images are in. I’m not surprised they don’t work in WinImage (as I’m sure they aren’t in a DOS compatible file format), but they don’t appear to mount in 86box either (which hasn’t been a problem for Xenix disks in my past experience).

]]> By: tenox https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/10/30/microsoft-xenix-286-basic-compiler/comment-page-1/#comment-259078 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 18:28:46 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=9033#comment-259078 In reply to itsme.

It was priceless 😉

]]> By: tenox https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/10/30/microsoft-xenix-286-basic-compiler/comment-page-1/#comment-259077 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 18:23:29 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=9033#comment-259077 In reply to Mike T..

http://tenox.pdp-11.ru/xenix/

]]> By: tenox https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/10/30/microsoft-xenix-286-basic-compiler/comment-page-1/#comment-259076 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 18:23:18 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=9033#comment-259076 In reply to Ian D..

It did not get taken down, I moved it to another hosting provider as I refuse to work with assholes. I think I need to update all the articles with correct links. You can dig out Xenix stuff at http://tenox.pdp-11.ru/xenix/

]]> By: Ian D. https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/10/30/microsoft-xenix-286-basic-compiler/comment-page-1/#comment-259075 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 17:49:07 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=9033#comment-259075 In reply to Mike T..

Wow, it looks like all the Xenix stuff got taken down. Wonder why the lawyers even cared. It’s not like you can actually buy anything that was on that page anymore.

]]> By: Mike T. https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/10/30/microsoft-xenix-286-basic-compiler/comment-page-1/#comment-259074 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 17:45:31 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=9033#comment-259074 Download has (unsurprisingly disappeared), I would rather like to have a go at getting this to run on xenix under QEMU – under Buster

]]> By: Jack https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/10/30/microsoft-xenix-286-basic-compiler/comment-page-1/#comment-203728 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 18:31:43 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=9033#comment-203728 Microsoft QuickBasic 1.00 was release 1985 have simple Microsoft Basic Compiler like Microsoft Basic Compiler for Xenix 286 and IBM PC Basic Compiler. QuickBasic 1.00 is only of QuickBasic series to lack IDE Editor. QuickBasic 2.0 have IDE and Online Editor. Today it is hard to find QuickBasic 1.00 maybe ebay have it i know website named might have it http://www.emsps.com/oldtools/msbas.htm but they want $500 dollars for Quickbasic 1.00 that is too much money for one little rare software, finding it on ebay is best bet. QuickBasic is world most popular BASIC Programming language start out as simple Basic Compiler was release 33 years ago.

]]> By: xorhash https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/10/30/microsoft-xenix-286-basic-compiler/comment-page-1/#comment-203696 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 05:46:46 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=9033#comment-203696 In reply to neozeed.

SCO Xenix later on would do the same. I think COHERENT also did that at some point?

]]> By: Ian D. https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/10/30/microsoft-xenix-286-basic-compiler/comment-page-1/#comment-203686 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 21:10:16 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=9033#comment-203686 Hey, I think I saw this listing on eBay (I’ve got a search flag setup for xenix). Glad someone got it who was willing to upload contents! More importantly, I’m glad it wasn’t my money that had to buy it. 😛

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