Pete's QBASIC Site

I was looking on Newegg and seeing mixed reviews on drives of all flavors. I was thinking of WD Black or Red rather than Blue, just because WD has (had) a good name, but several reviewers have reported failed Red drives right out of the box, one including the RMA replacement too. Hitachi (Travelstar...

Her 8.1 box has been out of service for the past couple months with 1TB HD failing (strange how the bigger the drives, the sooner they seem to die). Finally got it to my favorite geek to salvage the personal data; still have to source a good quality replacement HD and reload, though not quite sure h...

That's another thing, her XP laptop was already resource (mostly memory) burdened after getting service pack 3. That's why she decided to get a new one. From what you and others have said, 7 seems to be a LOT more practically functional than either 8 or 10, even if it is already at end of support. W...

Berger, thanks for posting in detail the problems you've been having. I've been listening to the hype (official reviews) for weeks, and been dubious. While my own computer is far too old and hardware limited to "upgrade" (*cough*), the better half set aside her aging XP laptop (looks to be...

Wish I'd known this before the wife's middle/old laptop auto-updated. Then again, she rarely uses it anymore, and the only time it bothers me is when she is bothered by it. Mine is absolutely antique enough to have an RS232 and LPT port, and thus is too hardware deficient to run XP. Most people are ...

Just an introductory note. I found this site in a google search for an explanation of the yx805 chip. I used to tinker with Qbasic years ago but ran out of 'spare time' when I became a dad, and have even less time now that they have all left the nest. Still do some PLC programing/editing as need req...