GW-BASIC VS IBM-PC-BIOS

Compare GW-BASIC vs IBM-PC-BIOS and see what are their differences.

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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IBM-PC-BIOS

This is a reconstruction of the original 1981-82 IBM PC BIOS source code using scanning and transcription of the BIOS listings found in the IBM Technical Reference manuals. (by philspil66)
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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

IBM-PC-BIOS

Posts with mentions or reviews of IBM-PC-BIOS. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.
  • ROM BIOS for COMPAQ DeskPro 386-16 (2015)
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Jul 2022
    PCx86 can now boot the COMPAQ DeskPro 386/16 ROM BIOS."

    https://www.pcjs.org/

    >"PCjs uses JavaScript to recreate the IBM PC experience, using original ROMs, CPUs running at their original speeds, and early IBM video cards and monitors... "

    https://github.com/philspil66/IBM-PC-BIOS

    >"This is a reconstruction of the IBM PC BIOS source code using scanning and transcription of the BIOS listings found in the IBM Technical Reference manuals." (3 sources from various dates in 1981...)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing GW-BASIC and IBM-PC-BIOS you can also consider the following projects:

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

0x01-ARM-32-Hacking-Hello-World - ARM 32-bit Raspberry Pi Hacking Hello World example in Kali Linux.

windows

Reverse-Engineering-Tutorial - A FREE comprehensive reverse engineering tutorial covering x86, x64, 32-bit ARM & 64-bit ARM architectures.

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

snake-asm - Tiny snake game written in x86_64 assembly for Linux

unzx0_x86 - Free, zlib licensed ZX0 decompressor for the x86

optromloader - IBM PC/Clone 8086+ floppy-loading of option roms.

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

first_nes - Create your own games for the Nintendo Entertainment System! This "starter" game is easily extensible for your own projects. Includes references.

GW-BASIC - Assembling Microsoft GW-BASIC from 1983

STM32F401CCUx_PA0ButtonHandler - STM32F401CCUx_PA0ButtonHandler driver.

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