Subject Re: Firebird & Windows 3.11
Author mariuz
--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Gable" wrote:
>
> Yes they would BUT I can only code in BASIC (QuickBasic for MS-DOS and
> Visual Basic for windows)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Anderson Farias
> Sent: 08 January 2013 3:53 PM
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [firebird-support] Firebird & Windows 3.11
>
>
>   Wouldn't those machines run Linux fine ? I guess a lot better option than
> go with such a ancient OS.
>
> --- Em ter, 8/1/13, Andy Gable escreveu:
> I write EPoS Software for small shops who can not afford the new Windows 7
> machines
>
> And some of the machines I get can handle windows 98 normally but I have had
> a batch that only handles windows 3.11


You can also try Gambas , seems to have Firebird support
http://gambas.sourceforge.net/en/main.html

Another alternative is Lazarus
http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/

ps: When i saw this thread i thought that is 90's again and yahoo group digged a old thread from 2000