From: guymacon@deltanet.com (Guy Macon)
Subject: Re: Downloads
 
In article , 
Frank.Masingill@concentric.net wrote:
>
> GM> Look, if you use PB, that means that you are a programmer of some sort.
>
>   Not necessarily.  I have registered versions of TP, TC and TASM but I 
don't
>call myself a programmer of ANY sort and simply play with them as a pure
>hobby.  Actually, I think I also paid something for an earlier version of PB
>and, of course, QB for running programs came with DOS, just as GWBASIC used 
to
>do.
>
> GM> It's a great product at a great price.
>
>   You are right about that.  I just received a notice from PB of the
>availability of the latest version for a reasonable price.  Trouble is, I am
>only a hobbyist and one modular BASIC now bears little resemblance to 
nother
>beyond a few VERY basic things and they didn't indicate that there would be
>any tutorial or examples such as the Borland products usually have.  Does
>anybody know about this. That is one reason I linked to this echo again. I
>have an aftermarket book or two on QBASIC but that would do me know good if 

>paid the $59.00 price for PowerBas.
 
I have a great solution that will allow you to do your hobbyist thing
without paying money that you don't want to OR ripping off the fine
folks at powerbasic.  Go to www.powerbasic.com and download the demo
version.
 
As far as demos. etc. think of PowerBasic as Qbasic plus extra features.
Learn Qbasic and you will be able to master the extra features of PB
in an hour or two.  There are a *lot* of Qbasic demos out there.
The best thing about Qbasic is that it's free from microsoft.
 
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