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 Message 1080 
 Rob Mccart to ED VANCE 
 GWBASIC 
 12 Nov 25 08:04:02 
 
TZUTC: -0500
MSGID: 1091.canada@1:2320/105 2d79c005
REPLY: 1087.canada@1:2320/105 2d77e457
PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/123f2d28a Jul 12 2025 GCC 12.2.0
TID: SBBSecho 3.28-Linux master/123f2d28a Jul 12 2025 GCC 12.2.0
BBSID: CAPCITY2
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EV>In 1994 when I began using DOS 5.0 it had QBASIC which was a free BASIC
inste
  >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
BASIC
  >on my C=64 . Old habits are hard tobreak.

In my later Basic years I used APBasic (Advance Point I think) which had
a lot more commands available than any other Basic I ever tried and
you had the option of using line numbers or labels for GOTO statements.
Plus the finished product could be compiled into an EXE program..

I think there is a newer program with the same name if you did a search
online. The original is from the late 80's and is a true DOS program..

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