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# renum.pl

As I was reading some computer history articles, I was thinking about porting some older BASIC software to Sinclair systems. I was looking at ELIZA, “The Oregon Trail”, and others. When looking at these programs, modifications must be made to convert the syntax of the BASIC programs to meet the syntax of Sinclair BASIC.