A nice video of a bit of computing history

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thatbruce
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A nice video of a bit of computing history

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This https://youtu.be/WYPNjSoDrqw is a bit of oral history entitled "The Birth of BASIC". It's really more about the birth of timesharing operating systems but nonetheless quite interesting especially considering that it contains mainly of commentary from the people who were there and not some self-proclaimed expert waffling on with no relevance or backup documentation.
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Well worth a look. Thanks.
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It is a very informative video, worth watching so thank you for sharing it here!
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