Bill Gates’ 48-year-old Microsoft 6502 BASIC goes open source:
Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Microprocessor - Version 1.1 source code is now available on Github ...
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Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978: Historic interpreter taught millions to program on Commodore and Apple computers.
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Microsoft just made its own code from the 70s open source, and you can download it right now
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Microsoft open sources 6502 BASIC after almost 50 years: Microsoft has open-sourced the 6502 BASIC programming language interpreter from 1976 ...
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Microsoft open-sources the 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates himself: : GOTO 1976
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Bill Gates' early BASIC code for MOS 6502 released as open source: Version 1.1 of the code is now available on GitHub under an MIT license.
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Commodore 64's Legacy Continues As Microsoft Open Sources 6502 BASIC: Retro computing enthusiasts rejoice at Microsoft's open-source release of MOS 6502 BASIC.
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Bill Gates’ 48-year-old Microsoft 6502 BASIC goes open source: Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Microprocessor - Version 1.1 source code is now available on Github ...
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