Bill and I were using the same computing tech - the Altair 8800 and DEC's PDP-10 - as BASIC became a gateway for generations ...

Reminiscing about Microsoft's early days, Gates said Altair BASIC was the company's "original source code," predating iconic ...

Before Microsoft (or even Micro-soft), there was an interpreter called Altair Basic. Before Microsoft (or even Micro-soft), there was an interpreter called Altair Basic. Jess Weatherbed is a ...

Gates reflected on Microsoft’s early days, recalling the long hours spent coding on a PDP-10 computer at Harvard. He ...

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the company in the most Bill Gates way possible.

Microsoft’s software empire started all the way back in 1975 with Altair BASIC. Microsoft’s software empire started all the way back in 1975 with Altair BASIC. Tom Warren is a senior editor ...

Gates and his Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, used a computer in Harvard's lab to compose what he calls the 'coolest code I ...

Ben Eater]’s breadboard 6502 computer is no stranger to these parts, so it was a bit of a surprise that when [Mark] wrote in ...

The company helped launch the software industry and bring a computer to every desktop. Hit products like Windows and the Xbox ...

Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates commemorates its 50th birthday by sharing the BASIC interpreter code that led to its creation.