Well, we made it!! Another successful show under our belts. I'll be posting photos of our Selkirk Tower/CP-SK with C/MRI on this website as well as and the...
Nice job Bill, you can let your head swell a little, I had the privilege of visiting your layout last year and it was a treat. David Metal NMRA Life Member ...
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Good morning, I have uploaded a few photos from my 2 recent "C/MRI On the Road" Train shows. You can find them in a new folder called: Selkirk Tower & CP-SK...
Is it possible to install QB4.5 on a computer running windows xp? This would be only to write programs on my upstairs computer in a more comfortable...
Qbasic.exe and Qbasic.hlp installed in the same directory that your source code will reside will execute successfully under a DOS window in Windows XP, either...
You can use notepad to write the code in and then load it to floppy and transfer it to the other machine. QB4.5 will load text files and then can save it as a...
Jim In the past versions of Windows, we had a major problem with running Dos windows such that Windows interfered with the serial port and caused many read...
Yes, Jim is correct. In the newer environments, when you establish a new shortcut to create a "dos" like window, you look for the file called cmd.exe in the...
I am looking for some suggestions on programming my club's CMRI system, we want the computer to be set up in such a way as to never require user interaction...
No need to write in C. If you know the language it has lots of power, but if you don't, it can be a pretty steep learning curve. QBasic 4.5 will produce an...
Just to further that. we had the computer set up with a wall switch to turn power on and off. The computer automatically booted up and ran the autoexec.bat to...
Autoexec.bat CAN LAUNCH a .bas source file using QBasic WITHOUT compiling the code ahead of time. Below is an example of what one might do. Step 1: Assumption...
Step 1: Assumption #1 is Flex drive is Drive letter "A" on your computer and all programming is on same diskette that contains the autoexec.bat file Step 2:...
Earl, A couple of years ago my C/MRI source code in Quickbasic 4.5 got to a size, even with subs, that it would no longer compile. On your and others' advice,...
... system, we want the computer to be set up in such a way as to never require user interaction with it. The goal is that when we turn on the power to the...
... <==snip==> Jeff: My Teton Short Line has evolved with Basic/QBasic since the CPM days. I'm not a programmer- I looked at "C" and later "VB" and did not...
I believe QB 7.1 and MS Basic 7.1 are the same. You invoke MS Basic with the "qbx" command, meaning Quick Basic Extended. 7.1 will support memory well beyond...
No, a very different program. Both v7.0 and 7.1 are available for free download over the net. V 7.1 supports a larger memory model, but otherwise they are...
Where is QB4.5 available "free"? I have seen this statement several times but without specifics. Clark Thorp www.nysry.com ... [Non-text portions of this...
... Hi Clark, I don't have specific sites and I don't use QBasic myself but I expect that if you type "download QB4.5" or "free QB4.5" into Google you will ...
... Dos windows such that Windows interfered with the serial port and caused many read errors. Will the same occur running a Dos Window in XP? Also I know that...
... You bet! I wouldn't have chimed in at all, but you never know exactly what level of knowledge you're dealing with for this type of question. I have a ...
... power on and off. The computer automatically booted up and ran the autoexec.bat to load the layout.exe code. Members just came in and turned on the wall...
Jeff, I will offer an alternative to a DOS-based program after asking a few questions. 1. Do you run a DC or DCC system layout? 2. If DCC, what manufacturer ? ...
... I hate to take issue with the master ;-), but I use RealBasic 6.1 and the conversion is not as straightforward as you imply. It IS worth the bother if you...
