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MS-BASIC (for the altair) dates to 1975. At that time, ed was the standard unix text editor (vi, the VIsual editor, didn't exist until 1978.). Most early 80s
by ksherlock 4y ago
MS-BASIC (for the altair) dates to 1975. At that time, ed was the standard unix text editor (vi, the VIsual editor, didn't exist until 1978.). Most early 80s computers used a variation of MS-BASIC from 1977, designed for 1977 hobbyist hardware, slightly modified, never updated, and burned into ROM.
Anyhow, Apple Pascal was available with a full-screen editor in 1979 (this required 64-K of RAM, a disk drive, and lots of disk switching). 1984-era MacBASIC had a GUI text editor (The mac shipped with 128K of RAM, 64K of ROM, and a 400K 3.5" floppy drive.
https://archive.org/details/mac_MacBASIC.335 https://archive.org/details/mac_MacBASIC.335