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by anthk 435 days ago
There were Basic clones for the Altair, you don't need propietary ones.

Heck, even CP/M 2.2 it's free software today.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_BASIC

"Tiny BASIC was designed by Dennis Allison and the People's Computer Company (PCC) in response to the open letter published by Bill Gates complaining about users pirating Altair BASIC, which sold for $150. Tiny BASIC was intended to be a completely free version of BASIC that would run on the same early microcomputers."