This is an implementation of the BBC BASIC programming language for PCs running Microsoft Windows (Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista or Windows 7), providing the programmer with a familiar language but with a modern user interface. It combines the simplicity of BASIC with the sophistication of a structured language, allowing you to write utilities and games, use sound and graphics, perform calculations and create complete Windows applications. The Graphical User Interface includes a BASIC program editor with syntax colouring, live indentation, search & replace and many other features. Built-in diagnostic aids such as run-time trace, listing of variables and single-step execution make debugging even the most complex programs straightforward. Line numbers are optional. BBC BASIC for Windows uniquely incorporates an assembler which generates 32-bit code and accepts all 80486 instructions and some Pentium-specific instructions (except special-register and privileged instructions), including floating-point and MMX. You can access the Windows Application Program Interface both from BASIC and from assembler code, allowing an experienced programmer to produce sophisticated applications. The full (paid for) version allows you to create a compact (typically less than 100K) stand-alone executable (.EXE) file from your BASIC program, which will run without BBC BASIC having to be installed and without the need for any special DLLs. You can distribute such executables freely without any royalty being due.
VERSION HISTORY
- Version 5.94a posted on 2012-09-01
Minor bugs fixed; Unicode support in program editor; 4-voice sound option; *TIMER command - Version 5.80a posted on 2008-01-07
Improved QBASIC compatibility; support for COM10-COM99; improved italic text.
Program Details
- Category: Development > Compilers & Interpreters
- Publisher: R T Russell
- License: Free Trial
- Price: $40.00
- Version: 5.94A
- Platform: windows
EULA
1. The program and its accompanying documentation are the Copyright 2001-2012 of R.T.Russell. They are supplied for use on one computer at a time only. Neither the program nor its accompanying documentation may be copied for simultaneous use by the purchaser nor for use by anyone other than the purchaser. 2. The program and other materials are provided 'as is' and without any guarantee as to their quality or suitability. Although they are thought to be free from serious bugs, and it is highly unlikely that they could do any harm to other software or systems, there is NO warranty that they will not and their use is at your own risk. 3. You are permitted to distribute executable programs created by the Compile utility, but the entire risk as to the quality and performance of such programs rests with you. The interpreter contained within such executables remains the Copyright 2001-2012 of R.T.Russell but royalty-free use is granted. 4. The supplied example programs and libraries remain the Copyright 2001-2012 of R.T.Russell but you may incorporate them in your own programs or distribute them with compiled executables so long as any copyright notice is not altered. 5. Schools and colleges are granted permission to reproduce or adapt sections of the documentation to support teaching in a classroom context.