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Re: Microsoft woes

Subject: Re: Microsoft woes
From: Bob Retelle <bobr1@provide.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 21:06:19 -0400
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On Sun, 22 Jul 2001 15:32:17 +0100, "Paul Kitching"
<paul.a.kitching@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za> wrote in message
>news:9jeivh$t5e$1@venus.itns.co.za...
>> Anyone who doesn't like Bill Gates read the copyright message on the U110
>chip
>> on the ROM01 motherboard and weep!
>>
>
>Urgh!
>
>What does it say?  I am guessing "(C) Microsoft Corp."
>
>Would that be the BASIC ROM chip?  I am quite sure Micro$oft wrote the BASIC
>for it (and the Amiga, and probably the VIC-20).
>
>Paul.
>

And the Ohio Scientific systems, and the Apple II and,  and,  and...

Actually the OSI BASIC was an excellent little interpreter.  With only
6 digit floating point precision it was extremely FAST (who cares
about .000001 accuracy-  I was just writing video games), it was
easily extensible  and it only had a few bugs.  

Those were the "good old days" when Microsoft was your friend.

BobR

References:
- If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: "T.J.T van Kooten" <thomas@-nospam-worldonline.nl>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: Bob Retelle <bobr1@provide.net>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: "LordDaha" <look@signature.com>
- Re: Microsoft woes
  - From: Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>
- Re: Microsoft woes
  - From: "Paul Kitching" <paul.a.kitching@ntlworld.com>

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