dosbasic

[MattC]

Hi,

This isn't a BB4W question, but is is for a related product.

Out of sheer curiosity, I've been playing with 'BBC BASIC (86) Plus'. I have a 64 bit machine, running Win10, so I'm running it on DosBox. 'BBCBASIC' works fine. I can run it, load a .BBC program and run that - no problem. However, I can't get 'BBCRUN' to work. I've followed the instructions, but all I get is the header lines: 'Run-only PC BBC BASIC Version 4.82 #999999' etc. Then it immediately returns to the dos prompt, no error, and it appears to reset DosBox. All directory pointers seem to be set up right, and the programs and files are in the right directory. Any ideas? Am I wasting my time with this - even as 'fun'?

Matt

[Hated Moron]

However, I can't get 'BBCRUN' to work. I've followed the instructions, but all I get is the header lines: 'Run-only PC BBC BASIC Version 4.82 #999999' etc. Then it immediately returns to the dos prompt, no error, and it appears to reset DosBox.

I've no idea why, but try running BIGRUN.EXE (the extended-memory version) instead of BBCRUN.EXE, perhaps it will work better.

[MattC]

Unfortunately, I get the same results. But thanks for your reply. Much appreciated.

Matt

[Hated Moron]

Unfortunately, I get the same results.

How exactly are you running it? Are you trying to use the 'interactive' mode (simply typing BIGRUN with no parameters) or the command-line mode? I'd recommend the latter:

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BIGRUN progfile [fontfile] [/U] [/C]

This should create the file 'progfile.EXE'. Does it? And if so does it run?

[MattC]

TEST.BBC is the name of the test program.

I tried the command line mode.

I tried,

C:\>BIGRUN "TEST"

Also:

C:\>BIGRUN TEST
C:\>BIGRUN TEST.BBC

None produces a TEST.EXE file.

All I get is the 'Run-Only PC BBC BASIC Version 4.82' header, and then the 'Welcome to DOSBox v0.74' splash.

Matt

[Hated Moron]

All I get is the 'Run-Only PC BBC BASIC Version 4.82' header, and then the 'Welcome to DOSBox v0.74' splash.

Sounds like there is a catastrophic bug in 'BBC BASIC (86) for MS-DOS'. Unfortunately I no longer have any means of fixing it.

[MattC]

OK. Not to worry on my behalf. I was only playing with it.

Thanks for your help.

Matt