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# It’s Still BASIC, Isn’t It? (Part Two)

Part two of a tutorial mapping Sinclair BASIC commands to their IBM BASIC equivalents, covering LOCATE vs PRINT AT, TAB, SPC, PLOT/PSET, CIRCLE, LINE/DRAW, and box-drawing commands. Working code examples accompany each comparison to help Sinclair programmers understand parallel IBM constructs.