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KBasic for Windows 98. Is it possible to get?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:33 am
by VAA
We started to use KBasic. But the firm have lot of old computers with Windows 98 connected with equipment in production.
There is information in internet about KBasic 1.6 that support this old OS, but all download references give new version 1.8 without support for Windows 98.
Pleas, is it possible to download old version of KBasic supported Windows 98?

Re: KBasic for Windows 98. Is it possible to get?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:48 am
by berndnoetscher
Sorry, there is no version except for Windows 2000/XP and newer. It does not work on older systems due to Qt support.

Re: KBasic for Windows 98. Is it possible to get?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:58 am
by VAA
So, you have not saved old version and copy of 1.6 not exist now? Is it?

Re: KBasic for Windows 98. Is it possible to get?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:30 pm
by Slowdown
google ? :roll:

Re: KBasic for Windows 98. Is it possible to get?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:42 am
by VAA
Of course, Google.
I have found by Google lot of proposal to download KBasic version 1.6. But all of them are links to the same place - and where old KBasic is replaced by new with the same name "installer_kbasic_professional_windows.exe". Only size is differ: for promised v.1.6 it is 14 or 17 MB, for new v.1.8 it is 28MB. So, no legal way to get old version...

Re: KBasic for Windows 98. Is it possible to get?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:14 pm
by Slowdown
When i searched for a basic environment some time ago i found an older release of KBasic.
And i have the nasty habit to save everything :lol:
I do have KBasic version 1.7 in my collection, don't know if this version can be used on Win98.
Can place it here but only if Bernd agree with it.

Re: KBasic for Windows 98. Is it possible to get?

PostPosted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:05 am
by VAA
to Slowdown: Thanks. But first I should ask mr. berndnoetscher:

1. Will be downgrade to 1.7 or 1.6 legal (with no warranty, of course), if the firm have bought current version 1.8?

2. If version 1.7 can work with windows 98? Sorry, I can not found this information in Google/.

Re: KBasic for Windows 98. Is it possible to get?

PostPosted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:49 pm
by berndnoetscher
It is not recommend to use very old version, because of the bugs it will contain. But you may try it.

Re: KBasic for Windows 98. Is it possible to get?

PostPosted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:15 am
by VAA
Sorry, I understand that old version is buggy, but I still do not know, if 1.7 is OK for win98, or I should search 1.6?

Re: KBasic for Windows 98. Is it possible to get?

PostPosted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:15 am
by berndnoetscher
VAA wrote:Sorry, I understand that old version is buggy, but I still do not know, if 1.7 is OK for win98, or I should search 1.6?


>= 1.6 does not run with Win 98