Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978

Ars Technica
By Benj EdwardsSep 4, 2025, 12:56 pm213 ptsTrending
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 custom adaptations. The company posted 6,955 lines of assembly language code to GitHub under an MIT license,…

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