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Ask HN: Why didn't the C64 come with Simons' BASIC in the box from 1983 onward?

4•amichail•1h ago
And maybe they could have even given the cartridge for free to people who have already bought a C64 without it.

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UncleSlacky•26m ago
Wasn't it because Jack Tramiel was too cheap and just wanted to make use of his existing MS BASIC licence?
amichail•4m ago
He would still have made use of the MS BASIC license, but the addition of the Simons' BASIC cartridge in the box from 1983 onward would have changed the lives of many hobby coders.

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