Microsoft BASIC -86 Compiler 5.x

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Microsoft BASIC -86 Compiler 5.x

Although Microsoft did not invent BASIC, their founding product was a BASIC interpreter for the Altair computer. The descendants below includes Microsoft's BASIC-80 (MBASIC), BASIC-86 (pre-GWBasic), BASIC for Mac, BASIC Compiler 86/88, Basic Compiler for Mac, and Professional Development System 7.x. IBM Personal Computer Basic Compiler, GW-BASIC, QuickBasic, and Visual Basic are listed separately.

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johnlennon364

I find pictures of Microsoft Business Basic Compiler on WorthPoint. WorthPoint use Ebay Listing.
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-software-microsoft-business-1982750371

johnlennon364

There book called Using Microsoft Business Basic Compiler on the IBM PC on Archive.org
https://archive.org/details/usingmicrosoftsu0000less