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Microsoft has released the source code for the BASIC version it developed in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor, a central ...

Microsoft’s version of BASIC was one of the first programming languages that the general public came into contact with, ...

"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...

That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started releasing some of its classic operating systems and programs as open ...

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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The 2025 Allen School graduating class inside Alaska Airlines Arena at the University of Washington. (Kerry Dahlen Photo via ...

In 1977, Commodore licensed BASIC for $25,000 as a one-time payment, securing perpetual use without royalties.