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How a Microsoft product from June 1979 led to the IBM PC
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David Farquhar
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June 17, 2026, 11:41 a.m.
retro computing
Microsoft history
IBM PC
8080 Basic
software development
Summary
The blog post discusses the significance of June 1979 in Microsoft's history, including the milestone of 200,000 installations of its 8080 Basic, alongside the release of an important product that contributed to the development of the IBM PC.
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