Re: Zork 1,2 and 3, and 6502 MS Basic are now open source

Alex Evans via Coco <coco-uNHYcr1XS/wmlAP/[email protected]>
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Considering that there are other 6809 versions of MS BASIC beyond Color
BASIC (and it's extensions), I would suspect that MS does have a generic
6809 BASIC from which these are derived. That generic form should not be
encumbered by the rights of other entities.


On Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 20:48 Bruce W. Calkins via Coco <coco-uNHYcr1XS/wmlAP/[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>
> On 11/20/25 14:07, John Guin via Coco wrote:
> > Hoping 6809 Basic will be next.
> >
> > https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/author/scott-hanselman
> >
> > And MS-DOS 4 as well, if I read this correctly.  As I look at Scott's
> page, the timestamps are only minutes old...
> >
> > John
> >
>
> I suspect Radio Shack has a say in the release of the CoCo Basic, since
> Microsoft made it under contract.
>
> Bruce W.
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