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Re:Basic and the ROMs that changed the world (and then disap... by ajross on Thursday April 04, 2024 @11:48AM (#39931927)
> In most of these computers, BASIC found its way into ROM. Whoever thought of putting BASIC on ROM chips, was a genius

Woz. It was Woz. Pretty much any question of the form "whoever thought of" from this era points through Wozniak's lab.

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Re:Basic and the ROMs that changed the world (and then disap... by wk_end on Thursday April 04, 2024 @04:01PM (#39935132)
Not to discredit the brilliance of Woz, but - in this case I don't think so. I'm not sure if it was the first BASIC-loaded micro but the PET predated the Apple II by several months and had BASIC on ROM. The Apple I's BASIC was on cassette.
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