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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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