“On many early microcomputers, BASIC was more than a language — it was also the operating system of the machine, the interface between the electronics inside the beast and the gawk-eyed neophyte at the keyboard.”

⸺ G. Michael Vose

From page 298 of Byte Magazine Volume 09 Number 04 (1984 April) - "Real-World Interfacing"

#basic #basicProgramming #retroComputing #vintageComputing

Here's a fun find. Scripting HTTP requests with #BASIC (using #FujiNet).

https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-platformio/wiki/Using-HTTP-S-from-BASIC

Using HTTP S from BASIC

8-bit systems to ESP32 WiFi Multifunction Firmware - FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-platformio

^GitHub

59 years ago today, the first computer program written in #BASIC was run.

The easy-to-learn and -use #programming language revolutionized #computing. A decade later, #BillGates would co-found #Microsoft to develop and sell the BASIC interpreter for the #Altair 8800, the first commercially successful desktop microcomputer.

More from when #Dartmouth celebrated BASIC’s fiftieth anniversary: https://www.dartmouth.edu/basicfifty

#ProgrammingLanguages #ComputingHistory #retrocomputing #coding

Content warning: Sistema de Tiempo Compartido de Darthmouth Reveal/hide

El artículo de #DTSS, el Sistema de Tiempo Compartido de Darthmouth (cuna del #BASIC), en la Wiki de nuestra comunidad #texto-plano.xyz

https://wiki.texto-plano.xyz/doku.php?id=dtss

dtss [Texto-Plano]

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