Matthew Russotto wrote:
In article <3EEDD37A.9010409@somwehere.com>, Rich <someone@somwehere.com> wrote:I'm not sure what to make of this. Microsoft (actually, Bill Gates himeself) wrote Apple BASIC, which was on ROM in each and every Apple ][. Other than that, what did Microsoft do?Microsoft wrote AppleSOFT BASIC.
Then why do BOTH companies have copyrights on the BASIC. And why isn't it exactly the same as MS BASIC? (Which would have made it much more like the later GW-BASIC)
Roy Which was on ROM in each and every
Apple ][+. Woz wrote Apple Basic, later renamed Integer Basic, which was in ROM on the Apple ][ (no plus). Microsoft later successfully killed Macintosh Basic by holding the Applesoft Basic license (expiring after 6 years, 6 months, and 6 days) hostage.Are you thinking of the PowerPC? Maybe so, maybe not. The 68K was not a bad chip, and there is no reason why itcould not have been developed further.Well, there was a reason, and it's the same reason the G4 is falling furtherbehind. Motorola.
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