Microsoft has released the source code for the BASIC version it developed in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor, a central ...

A few months after releasing the Altair BASIC source code, Microsoft has shared another cornerstone of its early software success. The company announced that 6502 BASIC ...

GOTO 1976 Microsoft has open-sourced the version of BASIC it created in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor used in many early microcomputers.… As the software colossus explained in a Wednesday post, ...

As computer technology continued to advance, the need for more complex programming languages surfaced. Academia and business moved away from BASIC and Pascal to languages like C and C++, which were ...

COURSE OBJECTIVES: When a student completes this course, s/he should be able to: • Understand the architecture of a basic computer system and its components, and the role of performance in designing ...

Long before the days of laptops and smartphones, Thomas E. Kurtz worked to give more students access to computers. That work helped propel generations into a new world. Kurtz has died at 96.

Experiments in airborne BASIC—”buzzing” computer code over FM radio Before the 'Net, Finland created a primetime program-sharing radio service.

Computers play a huge role in our everyday lives, and now more than ever, it's important that educators provide computer basics for kids, what computers can do and how technology can be helpful. From ...