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What binary format did QuickBasic use for BAS files?
The example can be loaded into a copy of QuickBasic and then saved as a plain text file:
DECLARE FUNCTION Shade& (red!, green!, blue!)
DECLARE SUB GetShiftStates (shift AS ANY)
CONST FALSE = 0
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What binary format did QuickBasic use for BAS files?
If this is indeed a QuickBasic 4.5 file, you could load it into QuickBasic 4.5 under some sort of DOS emulation (DOSBox etc.), then save it with
SAVE "NEWFILE",A if I remember correctly to ...
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What binary format did QuickBasic use for BAS files?
They seemed to be QuickBasic 4.5 files. A proprietary format from QuickBasic that was not only a text file, but included various other concepts like Subs - that were sort of sections into the file.
So ...
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