Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was ...

Microsoft just open-sourced 6502 BASIC (BASIC M6502 8K VER 1.1) from 1978. The code powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, and ...

"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...

Microsoft has officially open-sourced its 6502 BASIC. The version published today is BASIC M6502 8K Version 1.1.

Wilhelmsen has put up a primer on Github for coding Commodore 64 applications for Windows PCs. Wilhelmsen holds a day job as a senior program manager for gaming at Microsoft.

Nowadays, "basic" has a very different and derogatory Urban Dictionary-style meaning. Fifty years ago on this very day, however, it was the name given to a new computer-programming language born ...

There was a time when anyone could try programming, thanks to the ubiquity of Basic. But Basic's a nonstarter these days, so what will entice a new generation?

But the C64 Mini does a bit more. Not only can you use it to play 64 different classic games, but you can even experiment with the C64 BASIC programming language.