This is really phenomenal, and let's hope it continues. IMO the original MS
Basic is a form of creative expression no less significant than, say,
Edison's first light bulb. Seriously. MS Basic (and DOS) launched Microsoft
and all that follows. It's amazing how much of the software history of the
past 30 years has been lost to ... who knows where. Kudos to those working
to find and preserve these important artifacts of the microprocessor
revolution before they're lost forever!
- glenn
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On Behalf Of Al Kossow
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 3:53 PM
To: cctalk at
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Subject: Re: MSDOS and Word source releases
On 3/25/14 12:40 PM, David Riley wrote:
On Mar 25, 2014, at 3:07 PM, Al Kossow <aek at
bitsavers.org> wrote:
FYI
http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/03/25/microsof
t-makes-source-code-for-ms-dos-and-word-for-windows-available-to-publ
ic.aspx
That's pretty neat! I'd love to see them release source to Word
5.1 for the Mac, which I still consider the high-water mark for
WYSIWYG word processors.
I'll add it to the wish list.
Hopefully we'll be able to get some of the earlier software released, in
particular Microsoft BASIC and the other products for the 8080/Z80