yes - i miss it, too
it seemed a lot simpler, back then
some of the programs they published were displayed as DEBUG scripts
the entire program took 10 or 20 lines of code - lol
it was fun to open debug, type in "a" and peck out the program :P
as i became a little more capable, i wrote my own stuff
one of the first real utilities i wrote was a .SYS file that allowed you to
choose which .SYS files were loaded and which autoexec.bat file to use