09.Sep.2025
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Computer history: Microsoft makes source code for BASIC interpreter available
The BASIC interpreter, which was developed in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen for the Altair 8800 and laid the foundation for Microsoft's software history, is now available on GitHub under the MIT license. This historic source code was later adapted and became the core of BASIC versions on popular home computers such as the Commodore PET, VIC-20, C64, and Apple II.
The release could also be of particular interest to the Amiga community: The AmigaBASIC interpreter, included in AmigaOS 1.1 to 1.3, was the only software product that Microsoft ever developed directly for the Amiga. It was structurally based on Microsoft's BASIC implementation, but with adaptations to the platform's graphics and sound capabilities. (nba)
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