In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to Microsoft BASIC 1.1 and ported it from the 8080 processor to the MOS 6502 microprocessor. Gates had always intended this BASIC to run on more than just the ...

An overriding memory for those who used 8-bit machines back in the day was of using BASIC to program them. Without a disk-based operating system as we would know it today, these systems invariably ...