Saved Altair 4K BASIC

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Wed Nov 11 22:22:47 1998

< I could've sworn you spoke rather higher of it about a year
< ago...anyway, I guess I can now understand why it is chosen as the best
< example of Bill Gates' work :) but why is it always discussed (on Trimph
< of the Nerds, for example) in terms of early personal software? Is it
< that this was the best program for the Altair?

The later versions were fairly stable and useful. Keep in mind at that
time software was scarce (prior to 1977) so I tended to live with some
things. It was landmark code in and one of its founders is a billionair
now so it's remarkable. Keep inmind Triumph of the nerds was
retrorevisonist history. Looking back is not the same as remembering the
frustration of having actually used it.

Allison
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