Is this a discussion group about DOS, or about progamming in basic under DOS?

[DOS Guy]

Is this a discussion group about DOS, or about progamming in basic under
DOS?

If it's about 16-bit DOS-mode basic, then specifically which compilers?

[Jerry]

It's a BASIC for DOS newsgroup.

If you want DOS go to microsoft.public.win3x_wfw_dos

Post by DOS Guy
Is this a discussion group about DOS, or about progamming in basic under
DOS?
If it's about 16-bit DOS-mode basic, then specifically which compilers?

[Auric__]

Post by DOS Guy
Is this a discussion group about DOS, or about progamming in basic under
DOS?
If it's about 16-bit DOS-mode basic, then specifically which compilers?

The people here (and in a.l.b) generally might not be as familiar with PB/DOS
as with MS compilers. (I realize the BS in a.l.pb has rendered that group...
somewhat undesirable, but AFAIK all the regs there jumped ship to the forums
some time ago. FWIW, I can't answer the questions you asked in those groups.)

[Sjouke Burry]

Post by DOS Guy
Is this a discussion group about DOS, or about progamming in basic under
DOS?
If it's about 16-bit DOS-mode basic, then specifically which compilers?

Take a guess, about how many basics were there under DOS?
And all of them 16 bit.
and only one or two came with a compiler, one of which
I bought one at a time, Qb.exe with the BC.exe compiler(QB:quickbasic).

[Tom Lake]

Post by DOS Guy
Is this a discussion group about DOS, or about progamming in basic under
DOS?
If it's about 16-bit DOS-mode basic, then specifically which compilers?

Ask about any compilers or interpreters. There are many experts here
including Ethan Winer who wrote the book (literally!) on MS BASIC.
If we don't know the answer, we'll cheerfully make one up for you! 8^)
Seriously, most problems can be solved by people here.

Tom Lake

[Dos Guy]

Post by Tom Lake
Ask about any compilers or interpreters.

I'm just wondering if there's a limit as to how many open file-handles
you can have if you're running a PB/DOS program in the PB IDE, and if
that limit is fundamentally tied to a DOS limitation or setting or not.

[Tom Lake]

Post by Dos Guy

Post by Tom Lake
Ask about any compilers or interpreters.

I'm just wondering if there's a limit as to how many open file-handles
you can have if you're running a PB/DOS program in the PB IDE, and if
that limit is fundamentally tied to a DOS limitation or setting or not.

For DOS, it depends on the FILES= setting in CONFIG.SYS.
If you're running PB/DOS under Windows, you should have enough file handles.
If you're running it under DOS, you can increase the file handles in CONFIG.SYS.

FILES=xxx

where xxx is the number of files you want open at one time + 5 (DOS needs some
for itself)

Tom Lake

[Ethan Winer]

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Post by Tom Lake
For DOS, it depends on the FILES= setting in CONFIG.SYS.

You can use CALL INTERRUPT to increase the number of available handles
beyond 20 (15 for your program, as Tom said). See page 181 in the PDF
version of my Basic Techniques book, available for free download here as
ETHAN.ZIP:

http://www.ethanwiner.com/fullmoon.html

I'm sure the same technique will work in PB, though I don't know if the
syntax for CALL INTERRUPT is identical to QB's.

--Ethan

[Paul Bartlett]

Post by DOS Guy
Is this a discussion group about DOS, or about progamming in basic
under DOS?
If it's about 16-bit DOS-mode basic, then specifically which
compilers?

Any Microsoft BASIC (we will accept workalikes, I suppose) which runs
under MS-DOS or workalikes, i.e., sixteen-bit BASICs. Many people
misunderstand and think this ng is about "basic" DOS questions, and
they do not understand that a command window under Windows (especially
under anything later than WIN ME) is most definitely NOT about BASIC
under DOS. (I admit that the ng name is confusing to those who do not
understand how newsgroups work.)