Turbo Basic

djtmc · Post by **djtmc** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:15 pm

Yes, I know it's an ancient program. Problem is, I've bought an ancient textbook that has all its code in TB.

Anyway, I can't get this to run. Tried DOSBox first, only to be told that the program requires win32. So I tried to run it in Wine, but got the infamous '...encountered a serious error...' dialog.

Run in a fresh prefix, no Winetricks, dll overrides, configuration changes or anything else.
wine-1.3.26 on Ubuntu 10.04.
Full terminal output at http://pastebin.com/CPSigJsf

Any suggestions gratefully received.

Many thanks,

David Shaw

Martin Gregorie · Post by **Martin Gregorie** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:26 pm

On Sun, 2011-09-11 at 17:15 -0500, djtmc wrote:

Yes, I know it's an ancient program. Problem is, I've bought an ancient textbook that has all its code in TB.

Anyway, I can't get this to run. Tried DOSBox first, only to be told
that the program requires win32. So I tried to run it in Wine, but
got the infamous '...encountered a serious error...' dialog.

What did you set the Windows version to with winecfg?

Martin

djtmc · Post by **djtmc** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:22 pm

As I said, it's a totally untouched prefix, so I guess the windows version would be XP - but I've just tried 95 and 3.1 and it makes no difference.

David Shaw

jjmckenzie · Post by **jjmckenzie** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:26 pm

On 9/11/11 3:26 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:

On Sun, 2011-09-11 at 17:15 -0500, djtmc wrote:
Yes, I know it's an ancient program. Problem is, I've bought an ancient textbook that has all its code in TB.

Anyway, I can't get this to run. Tried DOSBox first, only to be told
that the program requires win32. So I tried to run it in Wine, but
got the infamous '...encountered a serious error...' dialog.

What did you set the Windows version to with winecfg?

This was a Windows95 or Windows98 program. Don't know if it will work
with Wine, but the OP should try this:

winecfg

Click on the Add Applications button and navigate to the TurboBasic
executable. Click on the Open button. The program should now appear in
the Applications listing.

Click drop down button next to Windows Version and select Windows98.

Click on the OK button.

Navigate to the TurboBasic directory and run the program. It should now
be running in Windows98 mode and may run better. If not, capture a
logging file
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log
and post it to a site like pastebin.com (Ubuntu has a pastie site.)
Post only the URL here so those interested can go and look at it.

James

Post by **dimesio** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:35 pm

djtmc wrote:Full terminal output at http://pastebin.com/CPSigJsf

Try winetricks ie6.

djtmc · Post by **djtmc** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:42 pm

dimesio wrote:Try winetricks ie6.

The site (Zensoft.net) seems to be down. I'll try again tomorrow sometime.

Thanks for the help, everyone,

David Shaw

djtmc · Post by **djtmc** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:28 am

Still down - is there any other way I can do this?

David Shaw

Post by **dimesio** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:39 am

djtmc wrote:Still down - is there any other way I can do this?

Try winetricks ie7.

djtmc · Post by **djtmc** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:03 am

dimesio wrote:
djtmc wrote:Still down - is there any other way I can do this?
Try winetricks ie7.

D'oh!

Sorry, dimesio, my brain obviously isn't working. Many thanks, that worked a treat (after I'd switched to WinXP) and I'm now up and running.

David Shaw

jjmckenzie · Post by **jjmckenzie** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:22 am

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:03 AM, djtmc <[email protected]> wrote:

dimesio wrote:
djtmc wrote:
Still down - is there any other way I can do this?

Try winetricks ie7.
D'oh!

Sorry, dimesio, my brain obviously isn't working. Many thanks, that worked a treat (after I'd switched to WinXP) and I'm now
up and running.

Can this be updated in the Applications Database as well?

Thank you.

James

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