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Josef_Stalin · Apr 25th, 2005, 12:48 PM

I'm talking about the qbasic type and things like that. It actually was quite natural to do in terms of logic and difficulty level, it just wasn't very difficult.

MonkeyRevolution · Apr 25th, 2005, 1:13 PM

haha, yeah

I learned how to program in Basic in grade 10

Ooble · Apr 25th, 2005, 4:41 PM

I remember coding BASIC... then I learnt a real language.

MonkeyRevolution · Apr 25th, 2005, 4:48 PM

lol, no kidding

I totally rocked at Basic, though!

Rory · Apr 25th, 2005, 5:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Ooble

I remember coding BASIC... then I learnt a real language.

People do use the "fake language" known as VB. Just cause I'm too stupid to learn C... anyway I'll have you know native VB.NET is far faster than C# at managed DirectX ... :p
I still want to learn C++ this summer!

Mjordan2nd · Apr 25th, 2005, 5:57 PM

I learned QBasic a long time ago, and can't really remember much of it anymore, but I remember doing some very trivial things with it. My dad, on the other hand, made some pretty good programs in Basic a long time ago.

Hockeyman · Apr 25th, 2005, 6:26 PM

I used to program basic on my TI-99 back in the mid-80's - a basic keyboard that had to be plugged into a TV. I had a "code your own games" book that gave you the code - you had to type it out (I remember tons of GOTO statments) and then record it onto a special cassette deck. To load it, you'd switch the computer to "Load" mode, then press play on the cassette deck and listen to 10 minutes of data transfer noise.

Berto · Apr 26th, 2005, 2:40 AM

hehe i used to "hack" worms and monkey thingy on QBasic making worms give me millions of lives

Benoit · Apr 26th, 2005, 5:49 AM

They teach us VB in my school

Next year I learn Java though

peace_of_mind · Apr 26th, 2005, 8:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Hockeyman

I used to program basic on my TI-99 back in the mid-80's - a basic keyboard that had to be plugged into a TV. I had a "code your own games" book that gave you the code - you had to type it out (I remember tons of GOTO statments) and then record it onto a special cassette deck. To load it, you'd switch the computer to "Load" mode, then press play on the cassette deck and listen to 10 minutes of data transfer noise.

Damn that brings back memories. I had an old Commodore (I think) with a Buck Rogers game on tape. When that screwed up I found a library book like you described (in Basic). And you're right, LOTS of GOTO's, lol. I was in elementary school at the time, I believe.

Apr 25th, 2005, 12:48 PM	#1
Josef_Stalin Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 77 Rep Power: 4	Anyone ever program in the old basic? I'm talking about the qbasic type and things like that. It actually was quite natural to do in terms of logic and difficulty level, it just wasn't very difficult.

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MonkeyRevolution Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: In the toaster. Shh! Posts: 57 Rep Power: 4	haha, yeah I learned how to program in Basic in grade 10 __________________ I had a dream that Triumph the Insult Dog owned Microsoft... How...appropriate.

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Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	I remember coding BASIC... then I learnt a real language. __________________ Me :: You :: Them

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MonkeyRevolution Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: In the toaster. Shh! Posts: 57 Rep Power: 4	lol, no kidding I totally rocked at Basic, though! __________________ I had a dream that Triumph the Insult Dog owned Microsoft... How...appropriate.

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Mjordan2nd The Supreme Ruler Join Date: May 2004 Location: Houston Posts: 1,476 Rep Power: 6	I learned QBasic a long time ago, and can't really remember much of it anymore, but I remember doing some very trivial things with it. My dad, on the other hand, made some pretty good programs in Basic a long time ago. __________________ "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, from those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Hockeyman Programmer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 60 Rep Power: 4	I used to program basic on my TI-99 back in the mid-80's - a basic keyboard that had to be plugged into a TV. I had a "code your own games" book that gave you the code - you had to type it out (I remember tons of GOTO statments) and then record it onto a special cassette deck. To load it, you'd switch the computer to "Load" mode, then press play on the cassette deck and listen to 10 minutes of data transfer noise. __________________ ~ You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help. ~ read my blog @ My Lucky Rocketship Underpants

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Berto Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,022 Rep Power: 6	hehe i used to "hack" worms and monkey thingy on QBasic making worms give me millions of lives

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Anyone ever program in the old basic?