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# Starting Qbasic #
# By Pickers Games #
# www.pickersgames.co.uk #
# pickers@pickersgames.co.uk #
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# Welcome to this tutorial by Pickers Games, teaching you how to #
# start prgramming in qbasic!! #
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The Beginning - What Is Qbasic?
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For those of you that don't have a clue what qbasic is then take note. If you
know what it is but don't know how to use it then you can still use this to learn.
Qbasic is a computer programming language which anyone can use providing you learn the
language as it is not a language which you type in english, you will need to learn a
specific language, which you can begin to learn as this tutorial goes on. What can I make
with it?? Well you can make games, applications, utilities, sounds, etc. It is totally
compatible with everything!! It is owned by Microsoft, and is free for you to use.
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Part 1 - Using Qbasic
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To use qbasic obviously you will need to have it present on your pc.
Getting qbasic couldn't be easier, as it is available from the Pickers
Games Website, www.pickersgames.co.uk, from our site, you can download
either qbasic1.1 or qbasic4.5. We recommend that you download version 4.5
as it has better features and runs programs faster!!
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Part 2 - Starting up Qbasic
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Once you have qbasic on your pc, you should install it to somewhere
where you know where it is. The to run qbasic go into the directory
where qbasic is present and double-click on Qb.exe(version4.5) or
Qbasic.exe(version1.1). Once you have opened qbasic you will get a
blue screen, where you type in the code.
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* To run the programs you will HAVE to press F5 * - the same with all versions!!
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Part 3 - Useful things to know
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When you type in a ' in qbasic it tells qbasic to ignore whatever is after that, it is called
commenting, because it allows you to comment on your work, it is mainly used to remind yourself
of something so you dont forget!
It works like this:
' whatever you want to say
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Also dont worry about typing in capitals because qbasic will convert it for you, it is a good
way of telling if you have put in a correct statement becasuse it will be transformed to capital
letters. So if it is not you know there is something wrong with your code.
