64-bit Vintage BASIC
(ver 1.0.3)
Freeware


Vintage BASIC is a language derived from the Microsoft's original Altair BASIC. 
Vintage BASIC is an interpreter with a language that is close to Microsoft's 
BASIC version 2 as found in the Commodore 64. It is "informed by (but [does] 
not always stick to) the ANSI Minimal BASIC standard (ANSI X.360-1978)" 
(as noted in its user guide). You can enter your program using a normal 
programmer's / text editor. If you are nostalgic for the old BASIC interpreters 
of bygone days, or simply want to learn to program in BASIC without having 
to master the event-driven, object-oriented and window/form-based programming 
metaphors present in many compilers today, this BASIC interpreter may interest 
you. The program works on Windows from the command line.  

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This 64-bit BASIC Interpreter must be intalled using the setup program.  It will 
install Vintage BASIC, give you a shortcut to open a command prompt, set up your 
PATH, and associate *.bas files with Vintage BASIC.  Unlike the 32-bit version, 
the 64-bit version can be used to run programs that use more than 4GB of RAM 
(yes, Vintage BASIC is designed to run serious modern programs).

To run your program, open up a Command Prompt, either by clicking on the Vintage 
BASIC Prompt shortcut, or the Command Prompt shortcut. Then run your program 
either by typing "vintbas ["programname".bas]", or just typing "["programname".bas]".