[geeks] Microsoft Surface...

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:

>> Exactly, and that's the whole point: the topic was what Microsoft did
>> before the IBM PC... :)
>
> Well, among other things, in 1979 they had a BASIC compiler for Radio
> Shack's TRS-DOS on the TRS-80 Mod II ....

Don't forget Applesoft BASIC on the Apple II series and the BASIC on the
Commodore 128 and just about every other 8-bitter out there that had
BASIC in-ROM.

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