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> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 10:21:31 -0700
> From: rbell@alumni.caltech.edu
> 
> 
> 	In the good old days (23.3 and before?) emacs used to insert a
> tab when I hit the tab key.

In which mode was that?  I just tried Emacs 23.3, and TAB there behaves like
it does nowadays.

> I have to hit ctrl-q tab.  I want emacs to insert a tab when I hit the tab
> key.

You need to rebind TAB to a different command, most probably
self-insert-command.