Welcome to rubbermallet.org
This is my (who? ) home on the
internet. I spend a lot of my time programming software, and most of that
is in the (ancient) QuickBASIC IDE and compiler for DOS-compatible operating
systems.
One would wonder what I could possibly do with those
that would be useful today. Most of my QB programming involves writing
TCP/IP-enabled DOS applications. This, obivously, lets me get those old (or even
new with a DOS boot) machines online and hopefully doing something useful or at
least interesting. I can't get myself to trash any computer, no matter how
obsolete it may be.
Some of the programs that I have written in QB so far
include an IRC client, a web server, among others. At the present, my main
project for the last few months has been a DOS-based IRC server. It's
requirements are minimal, and can even be run on an 8088 with acceptable
performance! I also make available for download my skeleton QuickBASIC v4.5+
source code for creating your own TCP/IP-enabled programs, if you wish. Go ahead
and take a look at my software index page to browse and download my
programs.
I also have a forum here for discussion and help related to
software I write, and QuickBASIC programming in general. Click here to jump to
the forum! If you wish to contact me directly, just go to the contact
page.
Every piece of software you find and download from here is 100%
free. Have fun, and help me keep QuickBASIC alive and well!
-Mike
Chambers
(owner and proprietor)