On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Wolfgang Jeltsch < jeltsch@informatik.tu-cottbus.de> wrote:

When running the executable, nothing happens. The executable should show a usage message instead. Where are the BASIC programs? I think, you have to grab them from the source. They should be installed, too.

Thanks for your feedback, and for checking out Vintage BASIC! I will add a usage message, as you suggested. Currently the usage is only described in the User's Guide. There are no options; you just give it the name of one or more BASIC source files. (Naturally this extends to doing nothing when supplied with zero source files.) The BASIC games are at http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html. There is a tarball of all the games (bcg.tar.gzhttp://www.vintage-basic.net/downloads/bcg.tar.gz) as well. These are separated from the Vintage BASIC distribution for legal reasons. Vintage BASIC is copyrighted by me under a BSD license. The games were written by many authors and compiled into a book copyrighted by Creative Computing. I have secured permission from the editor to post the games. I do not wish to imply that they are covered by the same license as the interpreter. If anyone has any suggestions as to how to make the process simpler, I'd be happy to hear it. Thanks, Lyle P.S. I need to get my other e-mail account subscribed to this list....