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  M20. My old computer. I buy him as a rusty. And I take a part case about different parts. And put them in a different shelf. Now, it is first part. It is metal case itself. And, it is rusty. I remove rusty effect. 

  Now, I am playing with retro computer Iru Intro. This is one core about one and a half. And about 30gb. Windows 2000 SP4. I try to install soft. I have installed something. Like Delphi 7 and Visual basic 6. And even there are for install Lazarus 2.2 and Free Pascal. So, I have checked something.  Well, looks like it works.

  So, I continue to learning computers. And I am installing soft already. With my old computer. This is Iru. And Acer Extensa. I start with Iru Combo. It has Windows 2000 and Free Dos. And I start with Free Dos. I check that it is launching. It is written as unknown system with windows 200 boot loader. By the way, platform like NT, Windows 200 has excellent starting loader. You can edit it as a text file. Once, I, already, make it. It is simple.

  During several months, I try to install Windows 2000 and Free Dos. One feature to take into account, that computer was old and cannot load from flash. But, it can see flash with small size in OS. For example, with Windows 2000. Files sometimes, copying wrong with big size. But, with small size like 2gb. Everything works good. Computer is old. This is one core 1.5ghz.

  I setup a Linux for myself. For not powerful system. With my Acer Extensa. It has two cores with 1.5 ghz. And 4gb of ram. I select in result – Q4OS. As light Linux. For not powerful systems. With its own graphic environment. It is easier, lighter. It has a name Trinity. Firm development from system’s authors. Special for this purpose – to system not to require lots of resources. And it is very good for me.

  So with  this word “POISK”  (search), I want to give a name to all of these. And, clever word – dialect. For programming language basic. There were lots of them. Theme is interesting. I want to search for something. And, I get interest – what else Basic – there were for soviet 8 bit computers. There was big zoo with them. It has its own architecture. Compatible with American computers solutions. There were lots of things.

  It is very interesting Basic, I find it for myself. So, I search for Basics for some time. What kind they can be. To have a compiler. It was exe with output. Ide, maybe. And I find this thing.

  I like a lot Basic. Programming language. Which is going with its roots in 80s – that’s for sure. First time I see Basic with computer lessons in school. It was MSX2 computer. Yamaha Kuvt 2. And there was MSX Basic or Microsoft Basic. With green background. So, I programmed. I like that a lot. To draw with lines. To do simple calculations. To use if then operation.

  So, some time ago. I sit and learn programming language Turbo Pascal. I, for special way, want to learn these things. First, as a good road - you need to learn, to get skills. And later – to use it. I have experience with Turbo Pascal, when I was a student. I write a small programs with it. Training kind. I like it a lot. As idea - it was my favorite.

  GVim – it is very interesting program. Code editor, text. With interface of style – retro under windows 3.11. And, something like, a program for a cool programmers! For those one, who is ready to jump into a rabbit`s hole!

  So, year 2024 – for me, it is a year of Basic. I program only with it. And, mainly, I like a lot Basic. It is a positive. From the childhood days. In childhood, I see Kuvt 2 Msx 2 Basic. I see blue screen QBasic, or Quick Basic 4.5. As it is a childhood memories, so let it be this way. Microsoft Quick Basic 4.5, I am talking about. It was built in MS DOS. It was very comfortable and funny!

  Summer has crossed the finish line, and it ends. A warm September too. And it is a time for have some result for summer. M30 – it is old computer. And its metal case was in rust. And, I, from time to time, periodical, to rub it, rub for remove rust. I do, that things – to rub and remove rust.

  So, during the summer, I, from time to time, periodically, clean the rust. At the case of my old computer. It has a metal case. And from the start it was covered by very intense cover of rust. So, now, it is, of course, better. Mainly here - to use a special tool, that helps to remove rust. A little rag and a metal brush. And, even, more main thing – it is to rub. And to rub a lot! Most main thing - it is after a tool – it is to rub! Maybe, even in some places to pick and old rust nail to receive some distant places.

  And right now, with a full power, it is going an excellent summer. And I continue to restore old computer. With a name Nixdorf M20. I suggest, that it is a computer level of 286. So, in a middle of June I transport all the parts to the country house. Case is plastic, and I transport it too to the country house. And, I continue to clean the metal parts from a rust. So, it happened like this, that case itself and small parts are covered with rather big rust. And to restore a computer. First of all, I need to clean it from the rust.