altair:altair8k

Altair 8k BASIC

Keywords

All of altair plus:

The 8kB version of Altair BASIC became the founding stone of Microsoft's 8-bit BASIC empire.

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  • Microsoft BASIC-80 was basically Altair 8k BASIC prepared to be easily ported and sold to other machine manufacturers.

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