Please do not email me concerning obtaining a copy of Visual BASIC for DOS. Yes, I own a copy, but my disks are corrupted, and are no longer installable. You may still be able to get a copy from Microsoft, or get PowerBASIC and a windowing library and you can still have just as much fun.
Except as noted in the documentation, all of the programs here that
I wrote are now being released into public domain. Please note
that there may be some programs here which are not fully mine; though I am not
sure who the original authors are in all cases, I have tried to make that
clear wherever I can.
CGI
| fwp | fwp is a small c program that redirects http requests. Needs to be
recompiled for each specific server. Does not handle absolute
pathnames or do any html parsing. fwp.c (C source file, UNIX) ducttape.cgi (Demonstration) |
Utilities
| PBPL | Paul Brannan's Programming language. Similar to logo. This
one is from my middle school days.
pbpl.bas (Visual BASIC for DOS source file) pbpl.bas (ASCII Visual BASIC for DOS source file, newer version) pbpl.exe (MS-DOS executable) |
| Demo | A slide show program. Uses a hypertext-like format. Includes
support for ModeX graphics and PCX files. Requires the TWK256 BGI
library. Includes as examples my presentation for my 10th grade science
fair project.
demo.zip (ZIP archive with MS-DOS executables, examples, and Turbo C source code) |
| SmartTerm | A terminal emulation program for MS-DOS that I wrote a while back.
Fast enough to operate a 14.4k modem (maybe higher) on just a 286.
Most programs can do this, but are slower when interpreting ANSI sequences
and writing to the screen. Never completed. Based on an ANSI
parser by Jason Farrell.
comm.zip (ZIP archive with Turbo C source code). |
| mac2dos | Converts Macintosh text files to PC format.
mac2dos.c (c source file) mac2dos.exe (win32 binary) |
| unix2dos | Converts Unix text files to PC format
unix2dos.c (c source file) unix2dos.exe (win32 binary) |
| dirlist | Directory listing with page break.
dirlist.c (Turbo C source file) |
| keyscan | Prints the ASCII/extended ASCII numbers for a given key.
keyscan.c (Turbo C source file) |
| bmpload | Loads BMP (Windows and OS/2 bitmap) files.
bmpload.c (Turbo C source file) |
| pcxload | Loads PCX files.
pcxload.c (Turbo C source file) |
| tgaload | Loads TGA (Targa) files.
tgaload.c (Turbo C source file) |
| pictio | Required for the graphic loaders.
pictio.c (Turbo C source file) pictio.h (Turbo C header file) |
| PBShell | A program I wrote a long time ago designed to be a Norton Commander
replacement (not clone).
pbshell.c (corrupt Turbo C source file) |
| Colors | I think this displays all 256 colors in the default palette?
colors.bas (Visual BASIC for DOS source file) |
| MDI | An MDI program for Visual BASIC for DOS. I wrote this when I
was learning Visual BASIC. Includes a piano, a control panel, and
other utilities. Much of this is from the VBDOS books.
mdi.zip (ZIP archive with Visual BASIC for DOS source files) mdi2.zip (the rest of the files?) |
| Snooper | A program that reads ASCII strings from binary files. Based on
a program found in Compute magazine.
snooper.bas (ASCII QuickBASIC source file) |
| Mempeek | A program to "peek" into memory.
mempeek.bas (GWBASIC source file) |
| Port | Outputs values to hardware ports.
port.bas (GWBASIC source file) |
Games
There are also a lot of games on my TI-82
page.
| Piles | A game I wrote back in late 1992.
web page piles.zip (Visual BASIC for DOS source code) |
| Misc. Games | Miscellaneous games that I have written over the years. I couldn't
find source code. Many were based on code out of books. Includes
Bricks, Chomper, some slow flight simulators (from a book), Megaroid (not
finished) and Target.
games.zip (MS-DOS executables and GWBASIC source code) |
| Bricks | A breakout clone.
bricks.bas (ASCII QuickBASIC source file, earlier version) bbricks2.bas (ASCII QuickBASIC source file) bricks.bas (ASCII QuickBASIC source file, newest version) |
| Chomper | This is a weird one.
chomper.bas (Visual BASIC for DOS source file) chomperm.bas (Visual BASIC for DOS source file, this one has music) chompers.bas (Visual BASIC for DOS source file, earlier version) |
| Jackpot | My very first game, dates all the way back to 1989.
jackpot.bas (corrupted GWBASIC source file) jackpot.exe (MS-DOS executable) |
| License | Another early game, from 1990.
license.bas (GWBASIC source file) |
| Pingpong | This is a pong clone, based on a version I found in a book from the
library.
pingpong.bas (ASCII QuickBASIC source file) pingpong.bas (ASCII QuickBASIC source file, newer version) |
| Starfire | A game with a neat 3D-like effect.
starfire.bas (ASCII QuickBASIC source file) |
| Target | This is a moving-target game. Straight from a book.
target.bas (GWBASIC source file) target.bas (Visual BASIC for DOS source file) target2.bas (GWBASIC source file, modified a bit) target2.bas (Visual BASIC fo DOS source file) |
| Target2 | Based on Target, this one is a little more difficult, since the characters
don't always move straight across.
target2.bas (GWBASIC source file) |
Unsorted
Note that many of the programs in these directories are not mine, and may be copyrighted. Please use them at your own discretion.
c - C source files
basic - GWBASIC source files
vbasic - Visual BASIC for
DOS and QuickBASIC source files