QuickBasic 1.0x for Mac
Microsoft QuickBasic, not to be confused with the lesser QBasic, was a Basic interpreter and compiler product loosely based on GW-Basic. Version 2.0 for DOS and later included an Integrated Development Environment. Microsoft also produced QuickPascal and QuickC with similar integrated environments.
QuickBASIC was positioned as an entry level for their BASIC Professional Development System, and competed against language products targeted at hobbyists, such as those from Borland.
Wanted: Manual scans.
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Release notes
QuickBasic for the Mac combines the interpreter from Microsoft Basic 3.0 for Mac and the Microsoft BASIC Compiler 1.0 for Mac, that were sold previously separately.
Requires a Macintosh Plus or later (128k ROM required), and System 4.1/Finder 5.5 or higher. MacOS 7.x or later is not compatible.
A minor update "1.00e" makes it compatible with MacOS 7.x, but it is still not compatible with pure 32-bit Macs (more than 16MB of RAM).
Microsoft Basic/QuickBasic for the Mac was officially discontinued in 1995.
Installation instructions
This archive contains two 800K Macintosh disk images in raw sector format.
Downloads
| Download name | Version | Language | Architecture | File size | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Microsoft QuickBASIC for Mac 1.00 (10-15-1990) (3.5-800k) |
for Mac 1.00 | English |
|
418.58KB | 5 |
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Microsoft QuickBASIC for Mac 1.00 Supplements (3.5-1.44mb) |
for Mac 1.00 Supplements | English |
|
502.83KB | 2 |
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Microsoft QuickBASIC for Mac 1.00e (4-23-1992) (3.5-800k) |
for Mac 1.00e (4-23-1992) | English |
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323.25KB | 3 |