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Gates, who kickstarted Microsoft by personally implementing a full BASIC interpreter in 1024 bytes of ROM, had infinitely more tech skills than Jobs, who if rec
by marshray 13y ago
Gates, who kickstarted Microsoft by personally implementing a full BASIC interpreter in 1024 bytes of ROM, had infinitely more tech skills than Jobs, who if recent biographies are to be believed went to his deathbed still believing the Apple II invented the switch-mode computer power supply.
- rbanffy 13y agoI believe Paul Allen had a much larger role in Microsoft's BASIC development than you imply. I'm also unaware of any 1024-byte full BASIC interpreter.
- marshray 13y agoSorry, I did not mean for it to sound so much like it was a one-man show. And yes, I misremembered, it was more like 4096 bytes. http://web.archive.org/web/20011211233332/www.rjh.org.uk/altair/4k/index2.html http://web.archive.org/web/20011211233332/www.rjh.org.uk/alt...