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Re:Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code disc... by nextaccountic on Monday May 25, 2026 @02:09AM (#48263908)
Even the README here is (erroneously?) timestamped as 1978 https://github.com/microsoft/BASIC-M6502

Which is unlikely since it seems to be written by AI

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Re:Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code disc... by chungy on Monday May 25, 2026 @06:05AM (#48265179)
Files in Git don't have timestamps, only commits do. It got swept up when `git commit --date=...` was run.
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Re:Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code disc... by nextaccountic on Monday May 25, 2026 @07:07AM (#48265521)
oh I see. proper archeology would be to have more commits then
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