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There were a few didactic chess programs written in Basic, most notably a program by [[Dieter Steinwender]] published 1984 in [[Computerschach und Spiele]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=286508 qBASIC Chess program - from 1984 by Dieter Steinwender] by [[Michael Byrne|Mike Byrne]], [[CCC]], February 23, 2003</ref> , [[Demoschach]] by [[Hans-Joachim Kraas]] and [[Günther Schrüfer]] <ref>[http://www.rainerbartel.de/ Rainer Bartel], [[Hans-Joachim Kraas]], [[Günther Schrüfer]] ('''1985'''). ''[https://www.c64-wiki.de/wiki/Das_grosse_Computerschachbuch Das große Computerschachbuch]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Becker Data Becker] (German)</ref> , and [[Minimax (program)|Minimax]] by [[Chrilly Donninger]] and [[Dieter Steinwender]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=286619 Re: Another qBASIC Chess program -Dieter Steinwender (in english+comment] by Tony Worsman, [[CCC]], February 24, 2003</ref>, which was later converted to [[WinBoard]] by [[Thomas McBurney]] <ref>[http://home.pacific.net.au/%7Etommyinoz/minimax.html Minimax in BASIC] converted to [[WinBoard]] by [[Thomas McBurney]]</ref> .
* [[:Category:Basic|Engines written in Basic]]
=Dialects=
==GFA BASIC==
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFA_BASIC GFA BASIC] is a BASIC variant originally developed for the [[Commodore]] [[Amiga]] and [[Atari ST]] and then later ported to [[Microsoft]] [[Windows]]. It looks a bit like [[Pascal]].
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==Visual Basic==
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic Visual Basic] is a event-driven programming language with integrated development environment by from [[Microsoft]] for its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_Object_Model Component Object Model] (COM) programming model, first released in 1991.
=Publications=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_BASIC Tiny BASIC]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Basic Turbo Basic]
* <span id="VB"></span>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic Visual Basic]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VBScript VBScript]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic_.NET Visual Basic .NET]
