Subj : GWBASIC
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Nov 01 2025 11:07:06

> 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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