Re: The birth of BASIC

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From: Sarr Blumson
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2018 17:49

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wei...@TheWorld.com (Sam Weiner) Wrote in message:
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> [smw] The first system I was paid to use was a GE-265 run
> by Pillsbury's Call-A-Computer division.

235 + (Datanet)30 = 265. Thank you GE marketing.

> [smw] In addition to BASIC, ALGOL, and Fortran, there was
> also LISP 1.5 available.

FORTRAN was the only piece not developed at Dartmouth. GE's
 refusal to let us use that was a source of much conversation.
 :)

Sarr


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