[Coco] Bill Gates and CoCo BASIC assembly book

Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
Thu Nov 8 20:52:02 EST 2012


I recall hearing through the grapevine many years ago that someone
from Microsoft commented to the Spectral Associates people who put
together the Unravelled series that the Unravelled disassembly was way
better commented than the original Microsoft source code.  Seems very
plausible to me.

Art

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Rogelio Perea <os9dude at gmail.com> wrote:
> Don't think the book ever came to be. Would love to be wrong about this one
> though.
>
> TIm Linder has a post on his 'frankendiary' blog with the Unravelled source
> code series, closest thing to source code coming straight from Gates & Co:
>
> http://tlindner.macmess.org/?page_id=360
>
>
> -- RP
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Mike Pepe <lamune at doki-doki.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi guys, I've been asking around and I wanted to see if anyone could help
>> pinpoint the source of this rumor.
>>
>> Bill Gates supposedly said in an interview published in a magazine (not
>> sure
>> which one, Byte?) that a book would be published that contained the
>> commented source code for BASIC.
>>
>> Does anyone know where I can find this article? I'm trying to see if I can
>> find the source code for Color BASIC.
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Mike
>>
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