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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.
"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...
We'd venture that most folks under 40 or so aren't aware that Bill Gates and Paul Allen, former head honchos of Microsoft, actually started their empire as hardcore programmers, and darn good ones at ...
As a child of the 80s, I didn’t have an Atari, an NES, or even a Sega Master System. My first console was actually our family’s first computer: the Commodore 64. It was a passable gaming system, but ...
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The new Commodore 64 computer, first released in 1982, appears the same ...
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