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 ==== The basics of BASIC ====
-BASIC, which stands for **B**eginners **A**ll-Purpose **S**ymbolic **I**nstruction **C**ode is a programming language which was created at Dartmouth University by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz in the early 1960's. BASIC's authors intended to create a programming language and environment which would be useful to people who's primary interest was something other than computer programming. It was intended to be used by average users, scientists, and programming students alike. BASIC was instantly popular among the students and faculty of Dartmouth, and it saw rapid adoption on other systems. When the microcomputer revolution started to take hold in the 1970's and 1980's, BASIC was the default user environment of choice. As a result, many of today's programmers cut their teeth on BASIC ((Syntax [[wiki:syntax#syntax_highlighting |Highlighting]] is available for BASIC language strings:
+BASIC, which stands for **B**eginners **A**ll-Purpose **S**ymbolic **I**nstruction **C**ode is a programming language which was created at Dartmouth University by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz in the early 1960's. BASIC's authors intended to create a programming language and environment which would be useful to people who's primary interest was something other than computer programming. It was intended to be used by average users, scientists, and programming students alike. BASIC was instantly popular among the students and faculty of Dartmouth, and it saw rapid adoption on other systems. When the microcomputer revolution started to take hold in the 1970's and 1980's, BASIC was the default user environment of choice. As a result, many of today's programmers cut their teeth on BASIC (([[doku>syntax_highlighting|Advanced]] Syntax [[wiki:syntax#syntax_highlighting |Highlighting]] is available for BASIC language strings:
 //basic4gl blitzbasic freebasic gwbasic locobasic mapbasic purebasic qbasic sdlbasic thinbasic xbasic zxbasic//)) (([[wp>List_of_BASIC_dialects|BASIC]] language:
 [[wp>Basic4GL|basic4gl]] [[wp>Blitz_BASIC|blitzbasic]] [[wp>FreeBASIC|freebasic]] [[wp>GW-BASIC|gwbasic]] [[wp>Locomotive_BASIC|locobasic]] [[wp>MapBasic|mapbasic]] [[wp>PureBasic|purebasic]] [[wp>QBasic|qbasic]] [[wp>SdlBasic|sdlbasic]] [[wp>ThinBasic|thinbasic]] [[wp>XBasic|xbasic]] [[wp>Sinclair_BASIC|zxbasic]])). This tutorial will help you get started with this wonderful little language. BASIC remains a very easy to learn language, and it is great for writing small programs. Best of all, a lot of the concepts in BASIC transfer to other languages, so this can serve as a great jumping off point for your programming career!
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 //This is exactly how to use BASIC at SDF with a plethora of fun and interesting programming examples just for you!//
+  * **Using BASIC**
+    * ''%%https://wiki.twenex.org/tutorials:%%[[https://wiki.twenex.org/tutorials:basic |basic]]''
+      * ''%%https://wiki.twenex.org/tutorials:basic%%'' – a link for [[plan9front_-_acme_sam_abaco_mothra_and_man#mothra |mothra]]
+  * **BASIC Programming Language**
+    * ''%%https://wiki.sdf.org/doku.php?id=vintage_systems:%%[[vintage_systems:basic |basic]]''
+      * ''%%https://wiki.sdf.org/doku.php?id=vintage_systems:basic%%'' – a link for [[plan9front_-_acme_sam_abaco_mothra_and_man#mothra |mothra]]
+  * …//our repository for [[https://web.archive.org/web/20240426225029/https://www.livingcomputers.org/Computer-Collection/Online-Systems/User-Documentation.aspx |User Documentation]] (external, archived)//‚ for //Online Systems//‚ for formal user and reference manuals.
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