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VB Depot: The Visual Basic Depot

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An independent magazine tracing Visual Basic from VB1 through VB6, VBA, VBScript, and VB.NET, with historical essays, timelines, migration guidance, and annotated code.

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VB Depot treats Visual Basic as living computing history rather than a forgotten tool, connecting Alan Cooper, drag-and-drop development, office macros, retiring scripts, and the back-office systems that still run on the language. Its code samples and four-branch family tree give the homepage the feel of a small software museum with a practical repair manual attached.

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August 17’s newborn domains include a calendar that spreads flowers for Monica across the months after JP’s death, 17 years of a master mariner’s logbooks, the seconds between a modem connection and the first web request, and an Indian bus cabin carrying 632 songs.

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