libi86 VS GW-BASIC

Compare libi86 vs GW-BASIC and see what are their differences.

libi86

Attempt to reimplement non-standard C library facilities (e.g. <conio.h>) used in MS-DOS programs, for IA-16 GCC & ACK ― mirror of https://gitlab.com/tkchia/libi86 • Ubuntu packages for cross-compilation at https://launchpad.net/%7Etkchia/+archive/ubuntu/build-ia16/ • DJGPP/MS-DOS binaries at https://github.com/tkchia/libi86/releases (by tkchia)
8086 8088 x86-16 msdos ms-dos Gcc ia16 libi86 Retrocomputing gas dpmi turbo-c-compatible borland-c-compatible open-watcom-compatible ack-compiler

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GW-BASIC

Assembling Microsoft GW-BASIC from 1983, with MASM or JWasm • "pre-release" binaries at https://codeberg.org/tkchia/GW-BASIC/releases • source mirror of https://codeberg.org/tkchia/GW-BASIC • fork of https://github.com/dspinellis/GW-BASIC (by tkchia)
8086 msdos Reverse Engineering x86-16 masm Retrocomputing basic-programming-language gw-basic gwbasic jwasm watcom Microsoft assembly-language awk-script

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libi86 GW-BASIC
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2.1 1.7
about 1 year ago over 1 year ago
C Assembly
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License MIT License
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libi86

Posts with mentions or reviews of libi86. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-06.

GW-BASIC

Posts with mentions or reviews of GW-BASIC. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-07.
  • Microsoft GW-Basic Interpreter Source Code
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Mar 2022
    There are forked versions which have been made somewhat to work. [1] [2] The original version (the linked article) won't work as-is, since there are no build scripts, instructions, or executables.

    [1] https://github.com/dspinellis/GW-BASIC

    [2] https://github.com/tkchia/GW-BASIC

What are some alternatives?

When comparing libi86 and GW-BASIC you can also consider the following projects:

lzsa - Byte-aligned, efficient lossless packer that is optimized for fast decompression on 8-bit micros

tashtalk - An interface for Apple's LocalTalk networking protocol.

ao486_MiSTer - ao486 port for MiSTer

windows

XTulator - XTulator is a portable, open source x86 PC emulator currently supporting the 8086 instruction set and 80186 extensions.

ISA_8bitNetwork_8019 - 8bit ISA NE2000-compatible network card based on the RTL8019AS chip

DOjS - A MS-DOS Creative Coding IDE/platform based on JavaScript

unzx0_x86 - Free, zlib licensed ZX0 decompressor for the x86

GW-BASIC - The original source code of Microsoft GW-BASIC from 1983

jSH - A Javascript scripting engine for DOS

GW-BASIC - Assembling Microsoft GW-BASIC from 1983

libi86 vs lzsa GW-BASIC vs tashtalk libi86 vs ao486_MiSTer GW-BASIC vs windows libi86 vs XTulator GW-BASIC vs ISA_8bitNetwork_8019 libi86 vs DOjS GW-BASIC vs unzx0_x86 libi86 vs unzx0_x86 GW-BASIC vs GW-BASIC libi86 vs jSH GW-BASIC vs GW-BASIC