Saved Altair 4K BASIC

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Tue Nov 10 17:36:21 1998

On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Chuck McManis wrote:

> Needless to say I figured anyone who was trying to sell BASIC (which I
> figured I could write on my own in about 3 months) for more than a third
> what I paid for my complete computer was not going to be around long enough
> for me to collect any royalties...

In a way, you were right. I can't think of anybody I know that ever
directly paid for Microsoft BASIC until it became Quick BASIC or Visual
BASIC or some other perversion. The Compaq OEM version of GWBASIC (does
GW really stand for Gee Whiz?) was perhaps the most copied program of the
80's.

-- Doug
Received on Tue Nov 10 1998 - 17:36:21 GMT