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Sure about that? So in 32bit Windows where we still have EDIT, do we also have QBASIC?

Yes. In those days of long ago, I saw the .COM extension with my own eyes and ran QBASIC /EDIT directly just for kicks.

Once upon a time, this knowledge was one of those non-secret secrets that made it onto the letters pages of the computer magazines and into every "MS-DOS secrets" book out there. (-:

And yes, Windows NT 4 had the MS-DOS QBASIC.

On well, now I have to roll out a 32bit Win7 vm to confirm this :)

Who knows?

Can't imagine anyone here using 32bit Windows and limiting themselves to 4GB of RAM.

Are there even any cheap laptops sold with that little nowadays?

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