Heh - you may have ran into some of my old stuff from back then, up thru the late 1990s or so. BASIC still holds a place in my heart (if you haven't played with QB64, you owe it to yourself to look it up).
For that old stuff, "Pete's QB Site" still holds a lot of it:
For that old stuff, "Pete's QB Site" still holds a lot of it:
http://www.petesqbsite.com/
Also, check out the old ABC Packets - they're still available, and also have a ton of code worth looking into (I was a frequent contributor):
http://www.phatcode.net/downloads.php?id=204