Microsoft 8k BASIC (Altair) Easter Egg - About Micro-soft

Boot up the Basic, when it asks MEMORY SIZE? type A and enter. It says:
WRITTEN FOR ROYALTIES BY MICRO-SOFT

If you use Altair32 emulator, you can do this:
1) Run Altair32
2) Be sure that the Altair is off
3) Go to Tools->Options->Memory
4) Select a free slot and press Add
5) search for 8kbas40.bin in the files directory of Altair32 ( ie C:\Altair32\files\ )
6) Be sure the address is 0000
7) Click Apply and OK
8) Turn on the altair and pull down all the address switches
9) Press examine, then run.

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Contributed By: Zilog80 on 12-29-2008
Reviewed By: MonicaIngram
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jsantos writes:
Micro Soft was Microsoft's original name.
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