[Coco] Hex calculator (off topic)

[coco at yourdvd.net]

Yes, I know. Microsoft as a company now is much different than when it
began with Bill and his pal. In the early days I had a lot of respect
for the man - he created Microsoft BASIC for the Altair, without having
the benefit of owning an Altair. If I remember correctly, he wrote an
Altair emulator for the machine that he did have access to in order to
create the BASIC, and it actually worked. Although that might not seem
impressive in this day and age, it was back then. However, I have to
agree, it's gone to hades now-a-days. Honestly, I think if not for
microsoft and intel, we might actually have better CPU architectures
than we do now. I often wonder what would have happened if IBM had used
Motorola processors for their PC's. Imagine, then, the industry would
have fueled further development of an architecturally superior CPU. :-)

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Hex calculator (off topic)
> From: Alex Evans <alxevans at concentric.net>
> Date: Sat, March 31, 2007 12:02 pm
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> 
> On  30  Mar 2007, at 4:32 AM, coco at yourdvd.net wrote:
> 
> > I can't be a Bill Basher - everytime I turn on the CoCo I am  
> > greeted by
> > Microsoft BASIC :-)
> 
> Just because MS once did a few things right hardly inspires much  
> sympathy for them in me.
> 
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