1 #+TITLE: QBasicApps - collection of applications mostly written in MS QBasic for DOS environment
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35 * Running QBasic applications on Debian GNU/Linux
37 To run these applications on a modern GNU Debian Linux system, follow
40 1. Install DOSBox by running the following command in your terminal:
41 : sudo apt-get install dosbox
43 2. Place a copy of QBASIC.EXE and/or QuickBasic compiler in repository root directory.
45 3. Execute script that is located in the repository root directory:
48 4. Run the script to launch DOSBox:
51 5. Inside DOSBox, navigate to the directory containing your QBasic program and run it using the interpreter or compiler.
55 ** How to change keyboard layout to Dvorak
57 In case you want to use Dvorak keyboard layout and DOSBox fails to
58 auto-apply it, here is how you can set it manually:
61 : ~/.dosbox/dosbox-<version>.conf
63 2. Modify *keyboardlayout* field as follows
64 : keyboardlayout=dv103
66 3. Save the changes and restart DOSBox for the configuration to take
69 ** Increase window size
71 If you have big high-resolution screen, by default DOSBox window could
72 appear small. To make it bigger:
75 : ~/.dosbox/dosbox-<version>.conf
77 2. Set windowresolution to either of those values:
78 : windowresolution=1366x768
79 : windowresolution=1600x900
81 3. Save the changes and restart DOSBox for the configuration to take
86 This collection contains lots of applications:
88 + Graphics tests (2D/3D/4D).
92 I wrote them long time ago mostly in QBasic, some in x86 assembly for
93 use under DOS operating system.
96 Few sample applications from the package:
98 Play checkers against the computer with any board size and any amount
99 of caps. Does thinking by recursively testing many possible scenarios
102 Since it is slow QBasic implementation, it isn't practical to play
103 with many caps or big thinking depth, for reasonable responce time.
108 [[file:games/checkers/screenshot.png]]
111 Jump around, collect coins and dont touch snails! Inspired by Super
117 [[file:games/platform/screenshot.png]]
120 Parses scene definition language and creates 3D world based on
121 it. Result will be in a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavefront_.obj_file][wavefront obj file]], witch can be then
122 visualized using external renderer.
125 : graphics/3D/3D Synthezier
127 [[file:graphics/3D/3D Synthezier/doc/rectangular city, 1.jpeg]]
129 [[file:graphics/3D/3D Synthezier/doc/hexagonal city, 2.jpeg]]
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