Re: The birth of BASIC

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From: Andreas Kohlbach
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2018 20:59

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On Fri, 1 Jun 2018 14:33:09 +0100, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
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> BASIC (an acronym) is Beginner's All Purpose Instruction Code

Interestingly the first versions of MS BASIC were also an "operating
system" on the MITS Altair. When loaded it did also I/O for mass media
devices like floppy disk and possibly punched cards.
-- 
Andreas

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