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PowerBASIC

PowerBASIC, formerly Turbo BASIC, was the brand of several commercial compilers by PowerBASIC Inc. that compiled a dialect of the BASIC programming language. There were both MS-DOS and Windows versions, and two kinds of the latter: Console and Windows. The MS-DOS version had a syntax similar to that of QBasic and QuickBASIC. The Windows versions used a…

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Developer
Robert "Bob" S Zale (b. 1945, d. 2012)
First appeared
1990; 36 years ago (1990)
OS
Windows (32-bit only), MS-DOS
Stable release
PB/Win 10.0 (4 May 2011; 15 years ago (2011-05-04)); PB/DOS 3.50 (16 December 1997; 28 years ago (1997-12-16))

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PowerBASIC

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Edges85
Triples125
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023256
Components1

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PowerBASIC

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related to External links · 24
PowerBASIC → Abandonware, Archived, Beene's, Beginners YouTube, Borland, Borland Turbo BASIC Owners, Börje Hagsten's FilesDon Dickinson's, David, Downloads, Handbook, Internet Archive, Mosher, PowerBASIC Peer Support Community, PowerBASIC Users Community, Pre-Release SoftwareBooks, Schneider, Screenshots, SourceForgePowerBASIC, Stats, TheirCorp's PowerBASIC
related to PowerBASIC for DOS · 20
PowerBASIC → As PowerBASIC, Bob Zale, Borland, DOS, In, In May, ISAM, Microsoft QuickBASIC, Micrososft's, OS/2, PB/DOS, PDS, PowerBASIC Inc, QuickBASIC, Spectra Publishing, The, Turbo BASIC, VBDOS, Windows, With
related to PowerBASIC Epilogue · 14
PowerBASIC → CC, DPI, However, IDE, May, No, PB/Pro, PBCC7, PBWin, PBWin11, PowerBASIC Tools LLC, The PowerBASIC, When Bob Zale, Windows
related to PowerBASIC for MS-DOS (PBDOS) · 13
PowerBASIC → Bob Zale's BASIC/Z, Borland Turbo BASIC, CP/M, DOS, Integrated Development Environment, MDOS, Micropolis DOS, Microsoft, MS-DOS, PB/DOS, PDS, VBDOS, Zilog Z80
related to PowerBASIC for Windows · 11
PowerBASIC → BASIC, For, His, March, On May, On November, PBCC, PBWIN, Robert Zale, Vivian Zale, Windows
related to Characteristics · 10
PowerBASIC → Although, BASIC, FPU, Lines, MMX, One, PBCC, PBWin, SIMD, The Windows
related to User community · 9
PowerBASIC → As, August, In, IP-rights, July, On, PB, The Source Code, This
related to Compilers · 7
PowerBASIC → DOS MZ, In, PBCC, PBDOS, PBWIN, PE, Portable Executable
related to PB Forms · 5
PowerBASIC → DDT, It, PBWin, PowerBASIC Forms, Windows
related to PowerBASIC for DOS (PBDOS) Family Pedigree · 4
PowerBASIC → BASIC/Z, Borland Turbo BASIC, CP/M, PB/DOS

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basic windows turbo borland compiler graphic dos code pbwin ms-dos statements compilers support quickbasic using api pbcc pb versions zale

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PowerBASICDeveloperRobert "Bob" S Zale (b. 1945, d. 2012)1.00infobox
PowerBASICFirst appeared1990; 36 years ago (1990)1.00infobox
PowerBASICOSWindows (32-bit only), MS-DOS1.00infobox
PowerBASICStable releasePB/Win 10.0 (4 May 2011; 15 years ago (2011-05-04)); PB/DOS 3.50 (16 December 1997; 28 years ago (1997-12-16))1.00infobox
PowerBASICWebsiteURL (archived 2024)1.00infobox
PowerBASICrelated to CharacteristicsBASIC0.60section
PowerBASICrelated to CharacteristicsAlthough0.60section
PowerBASICrelated to CharacteristicsThe Windows0.60section
PowerBASICrelated to CharacteristicsPBWin0.60section
PowerBASICrelated to CharacteristicsPBCC0.60section
PowerBASICrelated to CharacteristicsFPU0.60section
PowerBASICrelated to CharacteristicsSIMD0.60section

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