The BASIC programming language turns 60 Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

Full disclosure: I did not own a personal computer until well into grad school, and at most used one on occasion in college to type up a few papers. It's true I availed my childhood self as much ...

The first Apple II, an 8-bit home computer and one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products, went on sale on June 5, 1977, after being introduced by Steve Jobs and Steve ...

His second project at Apple, though, was ultimately how Atkinson won Jobs’ respect. Jobs had been resisting using a new programming language for the Apple II, one of Apple’s earliest and most ...