The BASIC source code was fundamental to the early era of home computing as the foundation of many of Commodore's computers.

One of the chosen was the 8-bit 6502 processor, so naturally we thought a Commodore 64 home computer, which used a 6502 ...

“In 1977, Commodore licensed it for a flat fee of $25,000, a deal that placed Microsoft BASIC at the heart of Commodore’s PET computers and, later, the VIC-20 and Commodore 64,” explains Microsoft in ...