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I really, really wanted to learn BASIC, just for fun. Any idea how I might do it? Which BASIC should I use? What software do I need to run BASIC?

Any help is really, really appreciated.

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You could get an emulator for whichever micro you wanted to try out. BASIC is still alive and well also, https://www.qb64.org/portal/

Seems cool, thank you!

Biltzbasic and BlitzMax were the best! Sadly, no longer supported... or is it? https://blitzmax.org/

There is a dialect called CerberusX that 's still alive (and I helped make a VSBasic extension for it): https://www.cerberus-x.com/community/index.php

Whatever comes with FreeDOS should give you some of the flavor of the era without the quirks of emulators.

Just checked it out, thank you!

If you want a modern IDE, you could try gambas: http://gambas.sourceforge.net/en/main.html

Seems nice, thank you!

I've always wanted to try out FreeBasic: https://www.freebasic.net/

Thank you!

B4X is a free Visual Basic-like environment that allows you to develop without cost for Android, Windows, Mac, Raspberry Pi, Arduino. The purchase of a license is required to develop for iPhone. There is a lot of free learning material, including videos.

https://www.b4x.com/

As someone who has done a lot of work in MS Access since the 90s, this looks really interesting. I may be able to move forward on some things I abandoned. Thanks for sharing!

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