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The Verge2mon
Here’s the original source code for Microsoft’s very first product
Altair Basic was developed by Gates, fellow Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen ... since it would give instant feedback on their code, allowing them to fix any mistakes that crop up.” ...
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Bill Gates shares his original Altair BASIC source code for Microsoft's 50th anniversary — "The coolest code I've ever written"
To commemorate the special occasion, Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates has joined the fray and shared the source code that shaped the company's origins — Altair BASIC. According to the ...
Macworld2mon
Here’s the 50-year-old Microsoft source code that inspired the first Apple computer
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has posted the source code for Microsoft’s first-ever product, Altair BASIC. Gates and Allen thought that the Altair 8800 was a sign that the “PC revolution was ...
TechSpot2mon
Bill Gates releases the source code for Microsoft's first product, Altair BASIC
To mark the occasion, Gates has released the source code he and Allen wrote for the Altair 8800 – dubbed Altair BASIC – which became the company's first product. Reminiscing about Microsoft's ...
The Harvard Crimson1d
When Bill Gates Wrote Microsoft’s First Code on a Harvard Mainframe
Bill Gates arrived at Harvard College in September 1973 as a quiet freshman from Seattle in Wigglesworth Hall. He left campus ...
Business Insider2mon
Check out Microsoft's original source code from 50 years ago that Bill Gates calls 'the coolest code' he's ever written
Bill Gates is taking a look back at the code that started it all. The Microsoft cofounder this week published the code that became the first product of the company. Take a look at Microsoft's ...
PC Magazine2mon
So BASIC: Bill Gates Releases Microsoft's Original Source Code
Ahead of Microsoft's 50th anniversary this week, co-founder Bill Gates has released the company's original source code. Gates and Paul Allen wrote it in BASIC using a PDP-10 mainframe at Harvard ...
Hackaday1y
Microsoft BASIC For The Dragon 64 Recovered
It’s now possible to cross Microsoft BASIC for the Dragon 64 off that list, with the source code now posted for all to enjoy on GitHub. The repository concerns the Microsoft 16K BASIC ...
heise online2mon
"My coolest code": Bill Gates publishes source code from Altair Basic
Microsoft is celebrating its 50th birthday these days, and it all started with the Altair Basic program. Bill Gates has now published its source code. 50 years after the founding of Microsoft ...
ZDNet2mon
How Bill Gates, the Altair 8800 and BASIC propelled me into the PC revolution
Also: It's back! Microsoft and IBM open source MS-DOS 4.0 Writing in BASIC was fun, creative, and empowering. Writing in machine code or its related assembler language was tedious and incredibly ...
PC World2mon
Microsoft celebrates its 50th birthday with some ugly free wallpapers
Nearly 50 years ago—April 4, 1975—Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Back then, everything centered around the development and sales of BASIC code interpreters. Only later ...