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   From: starsabre@net.att   
      
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    Macintosh Dragon  wrote:   
      
   > Yeah, ever tried to program the Apple II?  What the hell was that all   
   > about...same for the Atari 8-bits.  Seriously, has anyone ever used a   
   > simpler screen editor in their life that came built into their machine?   
      
   Atari 8-bits had the easiest to use screen editor in Atari Basic.  If   
   you made a mistake on a line, all you had to do was cursor up to the   
   error, key in the correction (using insert and/or delete if needed) and   
   hit enter.  If only other machines had as easy an editor.  I cannot   
   remember for sure, but I think the C=64 was about as easy.  The   
   Applesoft basic wasn't as easy, but then it came before Atari and C=64,   
   so they had to create what they did based on nothing before them.   
      
   And besides, Bill Gates did Applesoft Basic for the Woz.   
      
   jt   
      
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