TurtleBas
Turtle drawing program in MS QBASIC.
Turtle is a simple keyboard input drawing program.
Controls
Arrow keys : move cursor
Space bar : toggle the pen
Esc : exit
Build Instructions
- Get MS-QBASIC 1.1 or later
- DOSBox Option (most accurate solution)
- Install DOSBox https://www.dosbox.com/
- Download QBASIC 1.1 https://www.qbasic.net/en/qbasic-downloads/compiler/qbasic-interpreter.htm
- Extract archive
- Copy TURTLE.BAS into extracted folder
- Launch DOSBox
- Notice that you can go full screen with ALT + Enter or Option + Enter on Mac
- You may also want to launch the key mapper with CTRL + F1
- Mount local folder to C drive DOSBox https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/MOUNT
- Change to C directory
c:
- Run
QBASIC
- Open 'TURTLE.BAS'
- VirtualBox Option (may have compatibility issues)
- Install VirtualBox https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
- Install MS-DOS in VirtualBox https://www.instructables.com/How-To-Install-DOS-622-Under-VirtualBox/
- Start MS-QBASIC by running
QBASIC
in DOS prompt - Copy TURTLE.BAS into QBASIC
- QB64 Option (less accurate, compiler instead of interpreter)
- Install QB64 (https://www.qb64.org/portal/)
- Copy TURTLE.BAS into QB64
- QBasic.net options
- Install QBasic (https://www.qbasic.net/)/)
- Copy TURTLE.BAS into QBASIC
- Run by pressing F5