New blog post on Copy/Paste and QuickBASIC

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-Coming soon.
+There have been a number of small additions to the website over the last month:
+
+- A complete set of [COMPAQ 80286-Based Products Technical Reference Manuals](/pubs/pc/reference/compaq/80286/) (thanks to a generous donation from Ray Knights of Las Vegas, NV)
+- A few more 1989 issues of [PC Tech Journal](/pubs/pc/magazines/pctj/) magazine, which now makes the collection complete
+- [QuickBASIC 1.0](/disks/pcx86/tools/microsoft/basic/quickbasic/1.00/) and [QuickBASIC 2.0](/disks/pcx86/tools/microsoft/basic/quickbasic/2.00/) original diskettes; version 1.0 had been particularly hard to find
+
+as well as a few PCx86 tweaks:
+
+- Fixed full-screen support for Chrome, Safari, and Edge
+- Added Copy/Paste support
+
+As of v1.75.5, it should now be possible to right-click on a PCx86 screen and choose Copy/Paste commands, or use
+your browser's Copy/Paste shortcut keys, or both.  The browser's right-click context menu won't always be available
+if the machine inside is expecting to receive right-clicks itself, but hopefully your browser's keyboard shortcuts
+will still work.  Pasting works by injecting keystrokes into the machine, much like you could already do with the
+*autoType* URL parameter.  Consider this a "beta" release of Copy/Paste support, because I haven't test every browser
+yet, I'm sure it could use some refinements, and I'm sure people won't be shy about complaining if something doesn't work.
+
+I've also been working on weaning PCjs off of Amazon Web Services.  I was using S3 cloud storage for many of the
+documents I've scanned over the years, but since I was also paying for OneDrive, it seemed silly to pay extra for AWS,
+which charges me for both bandwidth and space.  The embedded OneDrive links may not be as fast or convenient as the old
+AWS links, but it lowers my costs, and you still don't have to pay anything, so it's a win-win.  Or a win-push.  Or
+something.
+
+I haven't turned off AWS yet, primarily because there's a number of "archive.pcjs.org" links out in the wild that are
+still served by AWS, but I plan to address that in the near future.
+
+I'd also like to spend some time playing with the old versions of [QuickBASIC](/disks/pcx86/tools/microsoft/basic/quickbasic/).
+The diskettes I picked up didn't come with any manuals, but I do have a copy of "Microsoft QuickBASIC" by Douglas Hergert
+from Microsoft Press (1987).
+
+I'm thinking about mailing in a request for the "Companion Disk", too.  I'll let you know if Microsoft Press comes through.
+
+[![Microsoft QuickBASIC (1987)](/pubs/pc/programming/Microsoft_QuickBASIC/Microsoft_QuickBASIC-Cover.jpg)](https://1drv.ms/b/s!ArcO_mFRe1Z9gvA_O6gyOmFPqAMhDw?e=GaqGs8)
+
+![Microsoft QuickBASIC Companion Disk](/pubs/pc/programming/Microsoft_QuickBASIC/Microsoft_QuickBASIC-Disk.jpg)
 
 *[@jeffpar](https://jeffpar.com)*  
 *July 28, 2019*