Microsoft just open-sourced 6502 BASIC (BASIC M6502 8K VER 1.1) from 1978. The code powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, and C64, and underlies Applesoft BASIC on Apple II. Download it on GitHub to run, ...

[deater] readily admits they’re a little behind on what’s new in gaming – only having just gotten around to Valve’s 2007 release of Portal. It’s a popular game, but [deater] didn’t want anyone to miss ...

Apple's version of BASIC for the Apple II that handled only fixed point numbers. Also called "Apple BASIC" and sometimes "Game BASIC" during its prevalence in the 1980s, many games were written in ...

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Apple II through ...

1. Applesoft: Tutorial 2. BASIC Programmer's Reference Manual. Both are copyrighted 1983 and were received with the Apple IIc microcomputer having museum number 1994.0348.01. Location Currently not on ...

When the original Apple I and Apple II computers hit the market, they weren’t the only invention of creator Steve Wozniak. Woz’s goal from the get go was that the Apple II should be able to run a ...

Building a retro computer, or even restoring one, is a great way to understand a lot of the fundamentals of computing. That can take a long time and a lot of energy, though. Luckily, there is a ...

We'd venture that most folks under 40 or so aren't aware that Bill Gates and Paul Allen, former head honchos of Microsoft, actually started their empire as hardcore programmers, and darn good ones at ...

An early version of the BASIC programming language from Apple that came with the Apple II. Installed in firmware and always available, it was the successor to Integer BASIC. See Integer BASIC. THIS ...