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Microsoft Open-Sources the BASIC Software That Powered Early PCs
In 1977, Commodore licensed BASIC for $25,000 as a one-time payment, securing perpetual use without royalties.
A few months after releasing the Altair BASIC source code, Microsoft has shared another cornerstone of its early software success. The company announced that 6502 BASIC ...
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Microsoft open-sources the 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates himself
GOTO 1976 Microsoft has open-sourced the version of BASIC it created in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor used in many early microcomputers.… As the software colossus explained in a Wednesday post, ...
Microsoft arguably built its business on MS-DOS, and on Tuesday the software giant and the Mountain View, CA-based Computer History Museum took the unprecedented step of publishing the source code for ...
Microsoft has open-sourced the 6502 BASIC programming language interpreter from 1976. Its source code is now available on ...
On Wednesday, Microsoft released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Apple II through ...
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