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People today really underestimate BASIC. If you look at computer magazines from the 1970's, it was massive. If you put out a new computer in the mid-70's, you
by reaperducer 4y ago
People today really underestimate BASIC. If you look at computer magazines from the 1970's, it was massive.
If you put out a new computer in the mid-70's, you had to include two things: an assembler, and BASIC.
Floppy disk? Optional. 16K of RAM? Optional. If you didn't have BASIC, your new machine was doomed.
Small, mid- and even some larger-sized businesses ran in BASIC. If you didn't need a mainframe, your business was running on assembler or BASIC.
I can understand why Microsoft made so much money back then, porting BASIC to every platform from calculators to minis.