"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...

That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started ...

Microsoft has released the source code for the BASIC version it developed in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor, a central ...

Microsoft called the code—written by the company’s founder, Bill Gates, and its second-ever employee, Ric Weiland—”one of the ...

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 ...

Fortunately, there are people around the world who work hard at preserving these older systems and give us a living, working ...

A Reddit thread discussing a lack of basic computer skills that "shocked" users has made its rounds with over 43,000 upvotes and another 23,000-plus comments.

BBC BASIC remains a remarkable learning tool, and now it’s available everywhere 42 years later, there's still work to be done in spreading the BBC Micro gospel.

Participants in Gesher Human Services Computer Basics for Job Seekers will undergo 12 hours of classroom time learning basic computer skills.

GOTO 1976 Microsoft has open-sourced the version of BASIC it created in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor used in many early microcomputers.… As the software colossus explained in a Wednesday post, ...