GW-Basic

[Scott Stevens]

On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 19:34:29 -0400
Paul E Pentecost <paul-pentecost7 at juno.com> wrote:

> I am looking for the origional GW-Basic Compiler what would you like
> in trade I do have a great deal in my research Archives here.
> 
> Dr. Pentecost
> 
> paul-pentecost7 at juno.com
> 

GW-Basic is an interpreter (run-time compilation).

My understanding is that it was originally part of MS-DOS.  PC-DOS from
IBM had BASIC and BASICA, which relied on the ROM BASIC in a True Blue
system.

I have the IBM Basic Compiler 1.0, also the IBM Pascal Compiler 1.0, in
IBM slipcovers with manuals.  They go nicely with my PC-DOS 1.0.  I'm
not looking to trade them, though.

Doesn't the GW in GW-Basic stand for Graphics Workstation?  Is MS-DOS
really where the BASIC interpreter with this name originates?  I know
Microsoft produced a lot of other BASIC versions that predate MS-DOS.

Please correct any of the above.  I am not an authority on any of this.