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comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ part 5/5
Section - - Where is QBASIC?

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 QBASIC is a stripped down version of Microsoft's QuickBASIC
 interpretter. It is distributed with MS-DOS versions greater than 4.00.
 (Earlier versions included GW-BASIC or BASICA.)

 At first glance, Windows 95 and greater no longer included QBASIC;
 however, they can still be found on Windows' CDs. To find QBASIC, use
 the Find utility on the Start menu to search for "qbasic.*" on the
 Windows CD. Once you have located "qbasic.exe" and "qbasic.hlp", copy
 them to a folder on your hard drive.

 Users without Windows CDs can download QBASIC from here:
 <ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Products/Windows/Windows95/CDRomExtras/OtherUtilities/olddos.exe>.

User Contributions:

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Ben in Seattle
Jun 2, 2026 @ 4:16 pm
Another solution is to use a parallel port loopback plug. It makes the PC think there is a printer attached. The benefit of this is it doesn't require anticipating the problem with ANSI.SYS escape sequences nor does it make you wait half an hour for the "Abort, Retry, Ignore?" prompt, as some versions of DOS do.

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