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IIT Guwahati has released the GATE 2026 Mechanical Engineering Syllabus for the exam scheduled to be held on February 07, 08, ...
"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...
Microsoft has open-sourced the 6502 BASIC programming language interpreter from 1976. Its source code is now available on ...
In 1977, Commodore licensed BASIC for $25,000 as a one-time payment, securing perpetual use without royalties.
Microsoft called the code—written by the company’s founder, Bill Gates, and its second-ever employee, Ric Weiland—”one of the most historically significant pieces of software from the early personal ...
A few months after releasing the Altair BASIC source code, Microsoft has shared another cornerstone of its early software success. The company announced that 6502 BASIC ...
Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was ...
Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC ran on the same CPU that powered the Apple II, Commodore 8-bit series, NES, and Atari 2600.
Welcome to the ME 270 course website for the Fall 2025 term. The material on this site is a complement to the lecture book for the course. And, all material here is accessible without the need to log ...