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Ep. 76: C:\>QBASIC /run GORILLA.BAS

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Benj Edwards - journalist, tech historian, and recovering retro computer hoarder - teaches us a little about MS-DOS and QBasic through their How-To Geek article: GORILLA.BAS: How to Play the Secret MS-DOS Game From Your Childhood. Frank and Benj reminisce back to day zero, Snacks 'n Jaxson gets swatted, we hack a powerful secret instead of learning our lesson, and Frank sings the theme song for history.

Mentioned in the show:

Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California - https://computerhistory.org/

https://oldcomputers.net/

https://www.vintagecomputing.com/

See more from Benj Edwards:

Twitter: @benjedwards

Website: http://vintagecomputing.com/

How-To Geek: https://www.howtogeek.com/author/benjedwards/

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