jan 1, 1976 - ANSI Standard for BASIC
Description:
Minimal BASICAlternative to Microsoft BASIC
Dick Whipple and John Arnold wrote an interpreter that required only 3K of RAM. By the middle of 1976, Tiny BASIC interpreters were available for the Intel 8080, the Motorola 6800 and MOS Technology 6502 processors. This was a forerunner of the free software community's collaborative development before the internet allowed easy transfer of files, and was an example of a free software project before the free software movement.[2] Computer hobbyists would exchange paper tapes, cassettes or even retype the files from the printed listings.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_BASIC
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Date:
jan 1, 1976
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~ 49 years ago