Microsoft’s Historic 6502 BASIC Code is Now Open Source

The BASIC source code was fundamental to the early era of home computing as the foundation of many of Commodore's computers.

Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978

"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...

Microsoft Goes Back to BASIC, Open-Sources Bill Gates’ Code

Microsoft called the code—written by the company’s founder, Bill Gates, and its second-ever employee, Ric Weiland—”one of the ...
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Microsoft BASIC For 6502 Is Now Open Source

An overriding memory for those who used 8-bit machines back in the day was of using BASIC to program them. Without a disk-based operating system as we would know it today, these systems invariably ...
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Microsoft 365 is $99.99/year, but Microsoft Office is only $43 for life

Office 2019 runs locally and skips the constant AI updates built into Microsoft 365. That means you get the familiar ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Copilot Does Azure-Focused .NET App Modernizations in Visual Studio

GitHub Copilot app modernization is now generally available in Visual Studio, providing AI-powered upgrades and Azure ...

Microsoft adds Claude to Copilot, but cross-cloud AI could raise new governance challenges

While Claude boosts reasoning and resilience, its AWS-hosted architecture could introduce latency, egress costs, and data ...

Microsoft hold-my-beers Nintendo, announces $1,000 Xbox handheld

Microsoft's new handheld gaming computer, the ROG Xbox Ally, will range from $600 to $1000 at launch next month.

Copilot Chat arrives free for Microsoft 365 users - check if you have it

First, Copilot Chat is available only with Microsoft 365 business subscriptions. A Microsoft page on Copilot Chat lists which plans are required, such as Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Business ...