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   > RM>> In 1986 I got an IBM and had to learn a new Basic Dos to carry on with   
   >   >> things.  GW Basic in Canada..  (Guelph Waterloo University)   
      
   > MP>I never knew that is where the name came from.  My first MS-DOS computer   
   >   >came with v3.3 and GWBASIC was the basic interpreter that came installed   
   >   >with it.   
      
   > I always wondered if that were only included with systems sold in Canada.   
      
   Apparently it was included on at least some MS-DOS 3.3 systems sold in the   
   USA.  ;)  The system in question was an XT clone built by MMG and sold by   
   Hard Warehouse which, IIRC, was a local retailer and not a national chain.   
      
   Mike   
      
      
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