*** QuickBasic Code Snippets ***

* Indicates the program will only run in QuickBasic 4.5 (not in QBasic
  that comes with MS-DOS). These programs require that QuickBasic be
  loaded with: QB /L QB.QLB

DEMOS:
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  QSTAR.BAS    - QBasic Demo! Great animation effects. Fast!

DOS:
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* CMOSSTAT.BAS - Gives information about what's in CMOS
* DISKSER.BAS  - Returns the disk serial number
* DOW.BAS      - Returns the Day of the Week and complete date
* DRVLST.BAS   - Shows which drive letters are in use
* ENVIRON.BAS  - Example how to manipulate the DOS environment strings
* EXITERLV.BAS - Allows you to exit the program with an errorlevel
* FDREADY.BAS  - Check to see if the floppy drive is ready
* MICE.BAS     - Returns mouse version and IRQ number
* MSWIND.ZIP   - Allows you to cut & paste to Windows Clipboard from DOS
* REDIRCT.BAS  - Checks to see if a program was redirected

Games:
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  THEWOODS.BAS - A nice text adventure role playing game

Graphics:
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  BRESNHAM.BAS - Bresenham circle and line algorithms
  FINDRGB.BAS  - Finds the R, G and B values of any given point
  FLAME.BAS    - A burning candle
* MODEX.BAS    - Example of using ModeX graphics mode
  SPRIT_EX.BAS - Animated Sprite Example - pretty much flicker-free
  SPRMASK.BAS  - Example how to create a masked sprite (ie. a circle
                 that is not inside of a square box).

File:
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* CURPATH.BAS  - Gets the current path
  DELDUPE.BAS  - Deletes duplicate entries in an ASCII text file
* EXEPATH.BAS  - Gets the current path and executing filename
* FILEXST.BAS  - Checks to see if a file exists
* SCRLFILE.BAS - Select files from a scrolling text-mode list box
* TREE.BAS     - Directory listing with date, time, bytes, etc.

Font:
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  FIREPRN.BAS  - Font on Fire!
  FONTS.ZIP    - Interesting fonts (edited version)
  LED.BAS      - LED Numbers and "audio bar"
* OFONT.BAS    - Shadowed 3-D text in 320 x 200 x 256 mode
  SHADETXT.BAS - Greyscale shaded text routine (320 x 200 x 256)
  STEEL.BAS    - Another shaded text routine (320 x 200 x 256)
  TEXTMELT.BAS - Melting Text Effects (320 x 200 x 256)

Sound:
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* PLAYCD.BAS   - Play an Audio CD in QuickBasic 4.5. Read source code
                 comments before using.
  QUAZAR.BAS   - Neat PC Speaker sound effect
  WAVEBAS.BAS  - Play a .WAV file

Telecom:
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  QUIKTERM.BAS - An ANSI Terminal Program (no download/upload though)

Text:
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  KISSED.BAS   - A full text editor
  PRINTF.BAS   - Lets you print in color using one string
  SCROLBOX.BAS - Scrolling text viewer
  TXTLIGHT.BAS - "Searchlight" Text effect (like the one shown in the
                 ABC XPress Reader)


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