Lot 134
Lot 134
NINE EARLY CODING PRINTOUTS FOR MICROSOFT

WILLIAM GATES, PAUL ALLEN, MARC MCDONALD, MONTE DAVIDOFF, AND OTHERS, 1976-1984

Price Realised USD 22,680
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NINE EARLY CODING PRINTOUTS FOR MICROSOFT

WILLIAM GATES, PAUL ALLEN, MARC MCDONALD, MONTE DAVIDOFF, AND OTHERS, 1976-1984

Price Realised USD 22,680
Price Realised USD 22,680
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A collection of 9 early coding printouts produced by Microsoft. [Includes;] User Micro Soft 2601, 9 August 1976; User MITS LPTSPL - DISK, 9 August 1976; LPTSPL Version 6 344 Running on LPTO User MITS, 27 August 1976; Start User MITS Monitor Albuquerque Schools 5078, 27 August 1976; LPTSPL Version 6 Running on LPTO User Mits, 21 September 1976; Start User Microsoft 6000 Job NCRDRV Seg 971, 21 January 1977; User Midos Acrony 2030 Job Logic SEg. 6063, 15 May 1980; User Midos Acrony 20,30, Job Sercon, Seg. 1312, 18 May 1980; Job ASM REg 1757 for March, 16 January 1984.

Extremely rare, early Microsoft programming survival.

In an era before widespread electronic storage and retrieval systems, printouts like these allowed developers to document and archive their work for future reference or for debugging purposes. Printed code could be reviewed by and shared with peers, for comments and corrections.

All pages 812 in. (21.6 cm.), 1478 in. (37.8 cm.)
Provenance
Marc McDonald.
LCM Collection.
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