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Q Basic ?????????

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:28 pm
by malkavs_child_1
I have windows XP and i can not install Q Basic on my computer at all i can not figure out how to do it if someone could help me out here that would be great thanks

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:37 pm
by bungytheworm
There's nothing to install.
Copy qbasic on some folder, go there and double click qb.exe or qbasic.exe, depending wich way it's named.

Q Basic ?????????

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:42 pm
by malkavs_child_1
i tried to do that and all i get is a error that says

the system file in not suitable for running MS-DOS and microsoft windows applications.

Re: Q Basic ?????????

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:31 am
by Z!re
malkavs_child_1 wrote:i tried to do that and all i get is a error that says

the system file in not suitable for running MS-DOS and microsoft windows applications.
You need to change your autoexec.nt file.
Maybe someone can send you and tell you where it's supposed to be placed.

Q Basic ?????????

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 11:30 am
by malkavs_child_1
if anyone can tell me how to do that, it would be great.

I'm new to all of this and I just started school and I have no idea what to do at all I asked the teacher but he was not any help. All I got from him was it should work try again.

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 11:40 am
by Skyler
Hmm... I thought autoexec.nt was the same for almost all xp installs...
What kind of school are you going to?

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:00 pm
by malkavs_child_1
collage it is and it is a pain because the teachers think you should already know everything there is to know. and dont want to help you out.

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:24 pm
by DrV
autoexec.nt wrote:@echo off

REM AUTOEXEC.BAT is not used to initialize the MS-DOS environment.
REM AUTOEXEC.NT is used to initialize the MS-DOS environment unless a
REM different startup file is specified in an application's PIF.

REM Install CD ROM extensions
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe

REM Install network redirector (load before dosx.exe)
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir

REM Install DPMI support
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx

REM The following line enables Sound Blaster 2.0 support on NTVDM.
REM The command for setting the BLASTER environment is as follows:
REM SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330
REM where:
REM A specifies the sound blaster's base I/O port
REM I specifies the interrupt request line
REM D specifies the 8-bit DMA channel
REM P specifies the MPU-401 base I/O port
REM T specifies the type of sound blaster card
REM 1 - Sound Blaster 1.5
REM 2 - Sound Blaster Pro I
REM 3 - Sound Blaster 2.0
REM 4 - Sound Blaster Pro II
REM 6 - SOund Blaster 16/AWE 32/32/64
REM
REM The default value is A220 I5 D1 T3 and P330. If any of the switches is
REM left unspecified, the default value will be used. (NOTE, since all the
REM ports are virtualized, the information provided here does not have to
REM match the real hardware setting.) NTVDM supports Sound Blaster 2.0 only.
REM The T switch must be set to 3, if specified.
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330 T3

REM To disable the sound blaster 2.0 support on NTVDM, specify an invalid
REM SB base I/O port address. For example:
REM SET BLASTER=A0
Put this in Windows\System32\autoexec.nt.

not working

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:37 pm
by malkavs_child_1
i'm sorry but nothing is working for me i have no idea what to do with any of this my computer still tells me i can not run a DoS program ?

Re: not working

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:38 am
by Z!re
malkavs_child_1 wrote:i'm sorry but nothing is working for me i have no idea what to do with any of this my computer still tells me i can not run a DoS program ?
Open your Windows\System32\autoexec.nt (It might be a hidden file so make windows stop babysitting you and tell it to show the files)
You open it with notepad, remove anything thats in the file, and put what DrV posted there instead.
Save the file.

If the file does not exist, create it, be sure to save as "Any file" in notepad, otherwise it will add the .txt extension. Again, make windows not be a retard and tell it to show you extensions if you havent already.

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:06 am
by nkk_kan
Does the Compatilibillity Mode Settings affect?
i don't use Xp but i think that should work...
Open properties of .exe file.. and select compatibility tab
and select windows 95 or 98 and click apply and then try running qbasic....

and Doesn't DosBox round up this problem?

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:45 pm
by malkavs_child_1
I have also tryed that i can not get command promp to work eigther i dont know what the problem is. but I thank you all fro trying to help me out here. :D

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:03 pm
by thegrogen

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:46 am
by MystikShadows