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Bill Gates on the 50th Anniversary of Micro-Soft. Includes links to the original Altair BASIC source code. 
#History #BASIC #Computing https://www.gatesnotes.com/microsoft-original-source-code
Bill #Gates veröffentlicht #Quellcode von #Altair #Basic
#Microsoft feiert in diesen Tagen seinen 50. Geburtstag, angefangen hat alles mit dem Programm Altair Basic. Dessen #Quellcode hat Bill #Gates nun veröffentlicht.
heise online · "Mein coolster Code": Bill Gates veröffentlicht Quellcode von Altair Basic
#BillGates unearths #Microsoft's ancient code like a proud nerd dad
Founder shares 4K #Altair #BASIC source ahead of 50th anniversary
The code was the foundation on which Microsoft was built. Before Windows and before Office, there was a carefully crafted BASIC interpreter designed to fit within the limited resources available on the #Altair8800.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/bill_gates_altair_basic/
The Code: https://www.gatesnotes.com/microsoft-original-source-code
The Register · Bill Gates unearths Microsoft's ancient code like a proud nerd dad
Man kann von Windows halten, was man will, aber die Entwicklungsgeschichte von Microsoft ist schon beeindruckend! Happy Birthday! 
t3n Magazin · Microsoft wird 50: Warum sich viele erste Nutzer von Bill Gates und Paul Allen geärgert fühlten - t3n – digital pioneersVor 50 Jahren wurde Microsoft gegründet. Zur Feier des Tages stellt Bill Gates Altair Basic zum Download zur Verfügung.
Pour fêter le 50ème anniversaire de la fondation de Microsoft (4/4/1975 Micro-Soft à l'époque) avec son (défunt) ami Paul Allen, Bill Gates rend public le code source de son BASIC pour Altair, le logiciel à la base de la société.
Il existait des listings désassemblés mais ici l'original en assembleur Intel 8080 avec les commentaires (scan PDF pour le moment)
Info détaillées dans le blog Gates notes
https://www.gatesnotes.com/microsoft-original-source-code
gatesnotes.com
Тут вроде сказано, что биллгейтс выложил исходники своего первого Бейсика. Я статью не дочитал и до исходников не дошел, там marquee-пиздец, который тормозит на макбуке! #Basic #Гейтс
I d'idnt have
«Reverse éngineering BASIC syntax from exámples in à French Thomson TO7 book»
on my Bìngó cárd but here we àre.
- https://archive.org/details/p.-s.-i.-basic-plus-80-routines-sur-mo-5-et-to-7-70/page/13/mode/1up
#ThomsonTO7 #BASIC
#RetroComputing
Pardon my #French
Celebrate 50 years of Microsoft with the company's original source code (Altair BASIC source released) | by Bill Gates.
https://www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/source-code/reader/microsoft-original-source-code
"What do Scottish men wear under their kilts?"
This is what this #BASIC program from #sinclairuser asks, and to know it, this list must be typed up or its TAP file be downloaded here:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/26737/ZX-Spectrum/Raging_Bull
I am a fan of #golang. I don't say it enough. My love of #python, #bash, and #BASIC, I wear on my sleeve, but among the many other languages I code in, I almost always appreciate an opportunity to use Go. It just clicked for me in a way rust never did.
(Obligatory disclaimer upon realizing the date that this is not an April Fools post.)
A cool 3D Pac Man clone made in #BASIC & #machinecode for #yourcomputer magazine.
You could type it up or write to the author to buy a copy (£2,30), but now you can download it from here:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1483/ZX-Spectrum/Dracman
This game by Mark C. Jones was later released as 3D Bat Attack by Cheetah Soft
Intruder Alert!, #Atari8bit computers game for BASIC 10Liner Contest 2025. Gameplay: https://youtu.be/PsbD_jUDYLY Info & Download: https://www.vitoco.cl/atari/10liner/INTRUDER/ #atari #retrogames #BASIC
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My goal was to try and implement a versioning system for #BASIC programs without user intervention, but if I can't reliably get the file name, the idea (at least the approach) goes out the window.
Repórter Retro 112
https://retropolis.com.br/2025/03/29/reporter-retro-112/
#ReprterRetro #6502 #68030 #ActionRetro #Actor #Anos60 #ApolloComputer #Apple #AppleIIc #Arcade #ArnaudDeKlerk #Assembler #Assembly #AtariSt #BASIC #Bruxaria #bug #CasualRetroGamer #CGA #ChandlerKlser #CoCo3 #CoCoBASIC #CodeWithHuw #ColecoAdam #Commodore64 #DavesGarage #Delphi #Demo #demoscene #DougBrown #EditorDeTexto #emulao #erros #filehunter #GEM #GUI #Gypsy #HarwellCADET #KevinMitnick #Librascope #Macintosh #M
Retrópolis - A cidade dos clássicos · Repórter Retro 112 - RetrópolisEste é o Repórter Retro 112, produzido pela A.R.N.O. (Agência Retropolitana de Notícias)! MP3 para ouvir offline Escute no YouTube Do que falamos? 10 anos de RR! ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ! 30 anos do Yahoo! (Esclarecimento: neste caso, ao contrário do caso anterior, a exclamação não é uma expressão de entusiasmo, e sim faz parte do nome do
Improve your arcade games with this #machinecode routine from #sinclairuser which enables you to scroll part of the screen in four different directions.
Get the TAP file here:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/26792/ZX-Spectrum/Window_Scrolls
