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sradman
on May 22, 2020
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The original source code of Microsoft GW-BASIC fro...
The PDP-10 comment hints at a key innovation by Paul Allen: BASIC was originally ported to multiple 8-bit CPU architectures by first writing an emulator for each CPU that ran on DEC systems.
miohtama
on May 22, 2020
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There is file OEM.h that gives a hint how porting worked.
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