The original BASIC which ran on the ALTAIR has been open-sourced.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/microsoft_open_sources_6502_basic/
The original BASIC which ran on the ALTAIR has been open-sourced.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/microsoft_open_sources_6502_basic/
Single-stepping an original #Altair8080 through a #BASIC program which renders the Mandelbrot set... on a #Teletype.
Listen to the Teletype slowing down for the calculations that require more iterations. Beautiful.
On the #MITS #Altair8080 #PersonalComputer by Ed Roberts:
"The Secret Father Of Modern Computing" [2023], Every (https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-secret-father-of-modern-computing).
On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38680698
#Microsoft #Apple #Altair #OldSkool #RetroComputing #BASIC #PopularElectronics #HomebrewComputerClub