Speaking of interpreted languages, everyone will naturally think of BASIC. Most of us don't use BASIC for programming, but BASIC was very likely the first thing we came into contact with.
On early computers, before there was DOS, BASIC was almost doing the job of an operating system. Bill Gates got his start with BASIC, so he said: "Give me BASIC, and I can do anything." Peter Norton said in his book "Inside the 486" that software like NDD and so on was written in PASCAL, and later converted to C. Personally he preferred the rigor of PASCAL, and he specifically mentioned that when neither of those two languages could solve something, you still had to use assembly.
But the sample programs in his book are all demonstrated in BASIC. I guess that's because BASIC is like a translator, and we can all understand it. I also posted my source code in BASIC, to be precise QUICK BASIC 4.5. This version is the easiest to get. Actually QB is a compiled language, not the QBASIC.exe that comes with DOS. One of the simplest ways to compile is to click RUN in the QB window, then -- MAKE EXE FILE. There are several options in the dialog box at that point. If you choose the one with BRUN45.EXE, the compiled program needs the library to run. If you want to create a standalone EXE file, just choose the Stand... option. But after compiling, the file size is a bit larger!
If you need to use interrupts and so on, you should start QB with the QB/L command.
China does not have its own operating system. What does that mean?????
It doesn't mean our country lacks the technology. There are also factors like the market and applications. Even if it gets made, it won't work if nobody uses it, and it also won't work without application software. In fact, our country is jointly developing an operating system with Japan and Korea. We enthusiasts can do something too! I think more than 70% of computer players play computer games. After computer games were opened up in our country, China Central Television even launched a special column on computer games. There is a severe shortage of game production personnel in the game industry; even a monthly salary of ten thousand yuan makes it hard to recruit talent. I hope everyone can also make some contribution to this, help each other, and exchange ideas.
"Every common man bears responsibility for the fate of his country"
If you want to call an executable file in a program, for example Fdisk and so on, in BASIC you use the SHELL statement; in others maybe the SYSTEM statement, etc. If you want to run Fdisk after the program ends, then you have to write something into the keyboard buffer. Please look at the sample program (please compile it before running it, do not run it in the programming environment)
bat$ = "fdisk" + CHR$(13)
DEF SEG = &H40 'define the starting address
FOR i = 1 TO 6
batAsc = ASC(MID$(bat$, i, 1)) 'convert the character into an ASC code value
POKE &h1d+(i-1)*2, batAsc 'write the value into the keyboard buffer
NEXT i
POKE &H1A, &h1d 'head of the keyboard buffer
POKE &H1C, 11 'tail of the keyboard buffer
DEF SEG
Today's hard disks all have massive capacity, and the data in them is far more important than the hard disk itself. I want to make related tools, and I hope everyone can help!
On early computers, before there was DOS, BASIC was almost doing the job of an operating system. Bill Gates got his start with BASIC, so he said: "Give me BASIC, and I can do anything." Peter Norton said in his book "Inside the 486" that software like NDD and so on was written in PASCAL, and later converted to C. Personally he preferred the rigor of PASCAL, and he specifically mentioned that when neither of those two languages could solve something, you still had to use assembly.
But the sample programs in his book are all demonstrated in BASIC. I guess that's because BASIC is like a translator, and we can all understand it. I also posted my source code in BASIC, to be precise QUICK BASIC 4.5. This version is the easiest to get. Actually QB is a compiled language, not the QBASIC.exe that comes with DOS. One of the simplest ways to compile is to click RUN in the QB window, then -- MAKE EXE FILE. There are several options in the dialog box at that point. If you choose the one with BRUN45.EXE, the compiled program needs the library to run. If you want to create a standalone EXE file, just choose the Stand... option. But after compiling, the file size is a bit larger!
If you need to use interrupts and so on, you should start QB with the QB/L command.
China does not have its own operating system. What does that mean?????
It doesn't mean our country lacks the technology. There are also factors like the market and applications. Even if it gets made, it won't work if nobody uses it, and it also won't work without application software. In fact, our country is jointly developing an operating system with Japan and Korea. We enthusiasts can do something too! I think more than 70% of computer players play computer games. After computer games were opened up in our country, China Central Television even launched a special column on computer games. There is a severe shortage of game production personnel in the game industry; even a monthly salary of ten thousand yuan makes it hard to recruit talent. I hope everyone can also make some contribution to this, help each other, and exchange ideas.
"Every common man bears responsibility for the fate of his country"
If you want to call an executable file in a program, for example Fdisk and so on, in BASIC you use the SHELL statement; in others maybe the SYSTEM statement, etc. If you want to run Fdisk after the program ends, then you have to write something into the keyboard buffer. Please look at the sample program (please compile it before running it, do not run it in the programming environment)
bat$ = "fdisk" + CHR$(13)
DEF SEG = &H40 'define the starting address
FOR i = 1 TO 6
batAsc = ASC(MID$(bat$, i, 1)) 'convert the character into an ASC code value
POKE &h1d+(i-1)*2, batAsc 'write the value into the keyboard buffer
NEXT i
POKE &H1A, &h1d 'head of the keyboard buffer
POKE &H1C, 11 'tail of the keyboard buffer
DEF SEG
Today's hard disks all have massive capacity, and the data in them is far more important than the hard disk itself. I want to make related tools, and I hope everyone can help!
