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     Re: GWBASIC   
     By: Ed Vance to Mike Powell on Mon Nov 10 2025 22:14:32   
      
    > In 1994 when I began using DOS 5.0 it had QBASIC which was a free BASIC inst   
    > of the costly QUIKBASIC program.   
    > I had always used line numbers when writing BASIC code and never adjusted to   
    > writing any without line numbers.   
    > QUIKBASIC would use GOTO with a named section of code and nstead of GOTO 300   
    > I was used to   
    > Remember ten years before I got that DOS 5.0 machine I was learning CBM BASI   
    > on my C=64 . Old habits are hard tobreak.   
       
   I also remember QBASIC, so maybe that was it instead of BASICA -- or maybe "A"   
   came with 4.x and then "Q" with 5+.   
       
   Anyway, I also had issues not using line numbers as I initially learned basic   
   on a TI 99 4A.  ;)   
       
   Mike   
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