Late last week, Microsof released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered early personal computers like the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Apple II. The company made the 6,955 lines of assembly language code available on GitHub under an MIT license, letting anyone freely use, modify, and distribute the software that played an important role in the early years of home computing. ... ..
The release on GitHub includes historical commit timestamps set to July 27, 1978, years before Git was invented.
By offering official access to BASIC, Microsoft is helping preserve a piece of computing history.
