Atari BASIC for thePC

[atari70s]

where can i get an atariBASIC program for the PC where can i get it

[Nukey Shay]

Are you referring to Qbasic? It's on Windows95 and 98 discs...it's just not automatically installed.

Look in the toolsoldmsdos folder for the .exe and .hlp files, and just copy them over to your HD.

[atari70s]

not QBASIC( I have it ) i need Atari BASIC to program for atari 800/400/xe

[Atari-Jess]

try getting a atari 800 emulator. there isn't a AtariBasic PC port. (at least im pretty damn sure there isn't)

[atari70s]

jess if i do that would i need to get teh BASIC Rom file and then how do i save it?after working off that Basic rom file

[Atari-Jess]

well there has to be some way to save it right? I dont use the 800 or emulators for it either so i personally dont know.

[Nukey Shay]

I don't fully understand what it is you are trying to do. If you want to write an Atari Basic program, just do it within the emulator. If you want to load up a file that's not a disk image .atr, use Atari800Win's hard drive function (file->harddrive->folder). Then reboot the emulator and type LOAD "H1:FILENAME.BAS" within the emulator.

Atari Basic contains some commands/functions that will not work with any Basic made for the PC (not to mention peeks & pokes)...and I don't know of any Basic's that handle string variables the same way that Atari does.

If you are saying that the emulator itself will not go into Basic mode, make sure that the "disable basic" option is unchecked when you reboot the emulator, and the ATARIBAS.ROM is selected in the cartridge field.

 

When you reboot, you should see the blue screen with the READY prompt. This shows that Basic is running...so type away. When you want to save the program, type SAVE "D:filename.ext" to save it to the current disk image selected, or SAVE "H1:filename.ext" to save the program to the hard drive folder. If you booted the emulator with no Dos selected by mistake, you can save the state or use the NoDos routine I posted in the "tape images" thread in this forum.

 

If you are saying that you don't have the ATARIBAS.ROM file, check the zipfile that you got your OS romfiles from...it's usually with them. You can also grab it from Mindfield's FTP (since Holmes appears to still be down)...

ftp://atari8:archive@ftp.mindfield.dyndns....org:2026/ROMs/

I'll email it to you if you can't access ftp.

 

[ 12-09-2001: Message edited by: Nukey Shay ]

[Nukey Shay]

BTW games written under Qbasic are basically just text files...so you could -import- the game into Atari Basic using Atari800Win. You would need to open the .bas file with notepad and add line numbers and replace all PC carriage returns with Atari carriage returns ( › ). Save the text file to Atari800Win's hard drive folder, and type ENTER"H1:filename.txt" in Atari Basic. Commands that are not recognized will include an error message at the start of the lines, so you may need to do some editing afterward. Games that use extensive sound/graphics would need major modifications, however.

 

[ 12-10-2001: Message edited by: Nukey Shay ]