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Discussion on: I coded in assembler on the Commodore Amiga in the early 90s, ask me anything!

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Bertil Muth

BASIC was built into the ROM of the C64, so you could start programming it right after connecting it to your TV screen and switching it on. In contrast, AmigaBASIC shipped with the Amiga „Workbench“ - the GUI of the Amiga. Both BASICs were developed by Microsoft, by the way.