Li-Chen Wang

Li-Chen Wang (born 1935) is an American computer engineer, best known for his Palo Alto Tiny BASIC for Intel 8080-based microcomputers.

He was a member of the Homebrew Computer Club and made significant contributions to the software for early microcomputer systems from Tandy Corporation and Cromemco.

5 issue,[5] and distinguished itself from other versions of Tiny BASIC through a novel means of abbreviating commands to save memory, and the inclusion of an array variable ("@").

This article also included information on adding additional I/O devices, using code for the VDM video display by Processor Technology as an example.

[6] Wang also wrote a STARTREK program in his Tiny BASIC that appeared in the July 1976 issue of the People's Computer Company Newsletter.

In a short time the Dazzler had caused a traffic jam on 5th Avenue!” The police had to contact the building landlord and make him disconnect the television.

[13] Wang also created WSFN ("Which Stands for Nothing"), a programming language for controlling robots and published by Dr. Dobb's Journal in September 1977.

The use of Copyleft ; All Wrongs Reserved in 1976
From left to right: Li-Chen Wang, Len Shustek , John Draper , Gordon French , Marty Spergel, Bob Lash, Ralph Campbell.
Note the "LICHEN" (Li-Chen) marked on this Exatron ROM produced for the TRS-80 Model 1 Exatron Stringy Floppy drive
Kaleidoscope was written by Li-Chen Wang for the Cromemco Dazzler . It was only 127 bytes long, but it stopped traffic in New York City.