Geek Facts for August 18th – QuickBASIC and RemoteAccess BBS

In 1985, Microsoft released the first version of QuickBASIC (QB).

It was released on a single 5.25″ 360KB floppy disk. QuickBASIC versions 2.0 and later contained an Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

Learn more at http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/QuickBASIC.htm.

In 1993, Version 2.00 of the MS-DOS bulletin board system (BBS) RemoteAccess BBS was released.

RemoteAccess was very popular in the US, the UK and Australia in its early years.

Learn more at http://pcmicro.com/ra/.

Exit mobile version

WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER?

Get great content like this delivered to your inbox!

It's free, convenient, and delivered right to your inbox! We do not spam and we will not share your address. Period!