Tips & Tricks for PowerBasic
Everything on this page was tested in PowerBasic. A lot of
it may also work in other basic dialects, but no guarantees!
Some tips originated on the Basic newsgroups:
alt.lang.basic
alt.lang.powerbasic
comp.lang.basic.misc
Keyboard Input at Maximum Warp!
Convert Bin/Oct/Hex to Decimal
Hi-Res Timer (1/4660 sec)
Wait for Vertical Retrace
Resolve COM-port address
Trap CTRL-ALT-DEL in PB
Check for Pentium FDIV bug
would be appreciated
Last update: 29 January 1999