CBASIC Conversion Problem

[eoredson]

Hi,

I am having a problem converting this old '70s project to QB64PE..

Is there a simple way to do so!?

Erik.

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[ahenry3068]

A **CBASIC** to QBasic convertor is probably possible to do.   But unless someone has one already written somewhere you have your work cut out for you.  

( POSSIBLE <> EASY/PRACTICAL )  I always like to make that clear !


If you have more CBASIC code you want to convert then it might be worth writing a convertor.  You'll need an indepth knowledge of both BASIC syntax's to do that !.  

If this is the only thing you need to convert then a manual file by file conversion will probably be a little quicker than writing a general purpose convertor.   Again you will need knowledge of BOTH syntax's !

[Jack]

in order to give the translation a try you will need the following
CBASIC 2 manual http://cini.classiccmp.org/pdf/Digital%2...Manual.pdf
and http://www.cpm.z80.de/manuals/cbasic-m.pdf
open source CBASIC compiler for Linux https://github.com/rimio/cbasic
here are binaries for CB80 CP/M https://github.com/rlauzon54/RC2014CPM which you might be able to run with ntvcm https://github.com/davidly/ntvcm

some more CP/M compilers https://github.com/davidly/cpm_compilers

[Jack]

I tried building cbasic but no luck, you probably need a distro from 12 years ago, I don't know if I have a VM that old with all the needed tools/utilities