Old Microsoft stuff...

From: Hotze <photze_at_batelco.com.bh>
Date: Mon Jun 15 10:39:36 1998

>Green? For the first half-dozen years I never saw any Microsoft
>documents in color. I have several Microsoft manuals and binders
>from when their office was in Arizona and all of those are
>black on white. Later stuff from when they moved to a suite in
>Bellevue was still in black and white. I didn't see any green until
>1980-1982 when Microsoft was selling Digital Research's CP/M with
>their Softcard (Z-80 drop-in for the Apple II).


OK. How many softcards were made?

>BASIC implementation for dozens of personal computers in the late 70's
>and very early 80's, most importantly.


I know that. Was their first BASIC the 4K tape one for the Altair?
>> Anything
>> for say... the Apple II?
>
>Absolutely. Applesoft BASIC (in every II+ and later, and installed as
>an option in most II's) was written by Microsoft. Microsoft also sold
>several well-known Apple II games (ADVENTURE is the most well-known).


They wrote that? DUDE!!!! (I recently aquired a Applesoft BASIC manual (C)
1979, in near mint condition.)
>You know, I could go on for pages and pages with software that Microsoft
>sold in the late 70's and early 80's for non PC-platforms. You'd probably
>be much better educated about computing in that era if you simply went
>and found the _BYTE_ magazines from that time frame and read the ads.


OK. See, I checked out MS's museum, and I'd have to say that from a
corporate perspective, it had a pretty fair view of things. They had the
Apple II, Macintosh, Altair, etc. there.
>Tim. (shoppa_at_triumf.ca)

Tim D. Hotze
Received on Mon Jun 15 1998 - 10:39:36 BST