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This is a series of basic QBASIC tutorials that I wrote way back in 1998 / early 1999. They're a great introduction to QB for someone who has never programmed before!

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1.) Tutorial #1: Introduction
Gives you basic history of computers and programming languages, discusses how to get QBASIC, and tells you some important QBASIC programming know-how. (Not about programming, but how to run QBASIC.)
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2.) Tutorial #2: Guess The Number
A tutorial that shows you how to write your first program. It gives you source for a basic, text based guess the number game, and explains it to you, and how to use all of the commands used in the program. You learn REM, CLS, PRINT, INPUT, INT, SQR, LET, IF...THEN, FOR...NEXT, GOTO, RND, END, RANDOMIZE TIMER, Variables, String Variables, Integer Variables, Floating Point Variables, Line Numbers, Line Labels, Math Operands, and much more!
(Answers to tutorial two's challenges: here)
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3.) Tutorial #3: Formatting Text
A tutorial that shows you how to change color and location of text. It goes over COLOR, LEFT$, RIGHT$, MID$, TAB, LOCATE, UCASE$, and LCASE$.
tutorial3.doc
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4.) Tutorial #4: Other Useful Commands
Covers INKEY$, INPUT$, DO...LOOP, UNTIL, WHILE, CHR$, ASC, SLEEP, Sub Routines, GOSUB, RETURN, Sample GOSUB/RETURN program, Seperate "page" subroutines, DECLARE, CALL, COMMON SHARED, EXIT SUB, and Algorithms.
tutorial4.doc
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