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Alex Barry

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I have been a qbasic programmer since 2000, creating games, minor libraries and various small programs. I have experience using interrupts, graphics, file input/output, the mouse cursor, and using libraries. I have also learned FreeBASIC, c/c++, python, php and html.
I do not claim to be an absolute authority in any language, but I don't mind looking things up and learning with you.

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2009-11-20 ROUNDING OFF NUMBERS:

Hi, Oliver, QBasic doesn't have a built in ability to round numbers to decimal places. What I would suggest, and this is probably considered more of a hack, is this: 1) Convert the number to a

2009-11-19 printing with qbasic:

Hi, Jack, Can I see your code for printing? In my opinion, it sounds like the problem is: 1) The code [I always have to check human error first, so no offense] 2) DOS isn't being allowed to access

2009-11-18 put and get,,,:

Hi, Tory, You'll have to be a little more specific for me to help you. There is a GET/PUT statement set for reading and writing to files, then a GET/PUT statement set for graphics. GET/PUT for graphics

2009-11-18 Beep:

Hi, Henry, To make just a beep noise, in QBasic, you would do this: BEEP To make different notes, you would either want to PLAY statement, or the SOUND statement. Here is reference for both

2009-11-15 USB subroutines for Quickbasic:

Hi, Robert, I don't think MIDI keyboards and USB combine (I may be wrong), and if they do, and you are interfacing through USB to QBasic, this will be a very difficult task. DOS does not natively interface

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