Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Tue Feb 5 01:21:06 CST 2013
They do still sell their old PowerBASIC for DOS :-) But you might like to look at http://www.powerbasic.com/products/pbdll32/: "PowerBASIC for Windows creates applications with a Graphical User Interface (GUI), to provide the typical "Look and Feel" of Windows. This is a native code compiler for all versions of Windows, from Windows 95 to Windows 7. It creates highly efficient EXEs and industry-standard DLLs, with Regular Expressions, multi-threading, a built-in Assembler, a full Macro facility, Create client COM applications and COM components using Dispatch, Direct, Automation, or Dual interfaces, and much more. The machine code generated by PowerBASIC is among the best in the industry, both in terms of size and execution speed." -- Stuart On 4 Feb 2013 at 22:56, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Stuart: > > Oh wow. > > It is easy to get confused because the last time I looked. their web site > was something out of the '90s and the name of the application is PowerBASIC, > which suggests something even older. I would even bet they still sell 16bit > versions. ;-) > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 6:30 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Run your favourite Windows application > onanAndroidtablet? > > Excuse me. PowerBASIC applications are anything but "ancient stuff". It's > a very powerful > 32bit Windows compiler. > > -- > Stuart > > On 4 Feb 2013 at 15:50, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > Hi Stuart: > > > > If you are using a command prompt to run PowerBASIC maybe something like > > DosBOX might be enough. On Linux boxes it can run some really ancient > stuff > > that may even stall on Wine or any modern version of Windows for that > > matter. > > > > > http://www.howtogeek.com/104725/how-to-use-dosbox-to-run-dos-games-and-old-a > > pps/ > > > > I know it works on any Linux and Apple computers. > > > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart > McLachlan > > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 2:44 PM > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Run your favourite WIndows application on > > anAndroidtablet? > > > > It's still an early Alpha, do so I don't think that performance is really > > relevant yet. > > > > It will be interesting to see where in goes in the next 12 months or so. > > > > (I'd love to be able to run some of my PowerBASIC apps directly on my > tablet > > <g>) > > > > -- > > Stuart > > > > On 4 Feb 2013 at 14:33, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > > > Hi Stuart: > > > > > > I already have a client who didn't want to be away from his Office 2007, > > and > > > didn't free safe with Libra Office, running his Office on his Ubuntu > box. > > > > > > According to the article Android, Wine and Office do not seem to be a > good > > > fit if performance is the requirement...mind you not so much so if you > are > > > running everything on straight Linux. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart > > McLachlan > > > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 1:39 PM > > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > > Subject: [dba-Tech] Run your favourite WIndows application on an > > > Androidtablet? > > > > > > Don't hold your breath,but it may be coming: > > > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/04/android_wine/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >