Convert basic files to com files

Well, for the first part, you only need to type "BASIC program.bas"
If you lazy to type so much, make a .bat file with that line and name it "program.bat".
For the second part, for exit you can put a key/menu/option that jumps to a line with "CALL SYSTEM". Won't work if you press CTRL+STOP but you can avoid that too... (ON STOP GOSUB... blahblah..)

another one is VBC, a MSX-BASIC (from MSX2) compiler (It is a bit different)

What about VBC ?  can you post some other info? never heard about it.
thx

hi PingPong,

the information I have  got about VBC is this, (from its readme.txt file)

SOLiD VBasic, version 2.7
=========================

Here it goes, a BASIC compiler for MSXDOS.
This version must be considered a wide public beta,
and it contains some bugs that are listed below.

RUNNING
--------------------------------------
To use the compiler you must have:
  a) compiler itself;
  b) library files: bk.rel, basend.rel and ilib.irl
  c) AS assembler and LD linker
All the stuff can be downloaded from SOLiD home page
at http://www.glasnet.ru/~msxegor/msx.html

To compile your program, save it in ASCII format
as a <filename>.BAS (note BAS extension) and then
type the following command:

	BAS <filename>

(note NO extension)
If no errors occur, you will get <filename>.COM
MSDOS executive.


LANGUAGE
--------------------------------------
Supported features:
+  MSX-2 BASIC, file in ASCII format.
+  Some of MSX-2+ BASIC features like set scroll
+  WHILE/WEND extension
+  LOOP WHILE/UNTIL extension

Unsupported features:
+  LOAD/SAVE,CLOAD/CSAVE,MERGE and BLOAD/BSAVE (except for BLOAD,S) commands
+  ERASE not supported  and causes error
+  Arrays must be defined once, with constant length.
+  CLEAR works differently; only string variables cleared
+  X commands of play and draw macro languages not supported
+  Maximum two-dimensioned arrays supported (sorry for this one)
+  RESUSME without parametres may cause errors (or may not, this depends)
+  Vaiables of same names and different types not supported

Other differences
+  RUN executes DOS COM file
+  DEFINT A-Z by default!
+  Lines may NOT be numbered
+  (maybe something else, I don't remember)


KNOWN BUGS
---------------------------------
This version of compiler and libraries was written for a very
tignt configuration. This is not portable, I know, but it was
written in the times when the very single MSX architecture in
Russia (USSR back then) was Yamaha MSX.
The programs are written to be fast, using direct hardware
access where possible. This mapy cause troubles when running
on systems much different from Yamaha. In opposite, most
Philips MSX users will probably NOT face any troubles at all.

Bug list follows:
+  RST30 used to call BIOS in libraries. May cause troubles
   on MSXes with RAM in extended slot 0 (Daewoo)
+  Direct slot switching in float point routines. May cause
   problems on computers with SUB-ROM in extended slot 0
+  Some library routines may occasionaly cause trouble with
   DOS 2.


DISCLAIMER
----------------------------------
This program is PUBLIC DOMAIN BETA.
Feel free to report bugs and suggestions to Egor VOZNESSENSKI,
the autor, at msxegor@glasnet.ru
If I get enough responce, I shall produce a new, enhanced
version, as well as good documentation in english.

Home page:
	http://www.glasnet.ru/~msxegor

____________________________________________________________________________

My notes:


HOW TO USE 'GOTO' INSTRUCCIONS

If you want to use label for goto instruction, you must use a number of line
for example, look next code:

	defint i
	cls
	10
	print i
	if i=100 then end else i=i+1:goto 10


HOW TO USE 'DO ... LOOP UNTIL/WHILE' LOOPS

	DO
		PRINT I
		I=I+1
	LOOP UNTIL ... 
__________________________________________________________________

In spite of my short programs like this

cls
screen 0
width80
print "Este programa es simplemente un ejemplo con VBC"
for p=1 to 1000
r=(2^p-2)/2
if r=int(r) then print p
next p
end

or this one

COLOR 2,1,1
SCREEN5

FOR A=1	TO 80
	FOR I=0	TO A
		LINE(0,A)-(A,A),2
	NEXT I	      
NEXT A
END

which work perfectly I didn't got any information about this compiler

I think it will be a good idea getting informatión about it but I don't have a clue about how to do it

By the way, you can see that to compile a program you have to use "bas <filename>", however there is a vbc.com file that does the same work, this is why I said VBC.

good question

I'm afraid I don't know where they can be found. A few years ago I downloaded from funnet

it will be reliable to contact his author by e-mail, maybe he is alive too (I mean as MSX user, of course) .

Anyway I'm vey surprised that nobody around knows this compiler

let me know how to do it

please