How Bill Gates, the Altair 8800 and BASIC propelled me into the PC revolution
Bill and I were using the same computing tech - the Altair 8800 and DEC's PDP-10 - as BASIC became a gateway for generations ...
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Bill Gates unveils the Altair BASIC source code, 'the coolest' he's ever written
Gates reflected on Microsoft’s early days, recalling the long hours spent coding on a PDP-10 computer at Harvard. He ...
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Prolific Videos Show Altair 8800 Recreation
The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics introduced the Altair 8800 and hit the newsstands ... There’s a backplane board (about $100) as well as a few boards to fit it available for about ...
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Versatile DRAM Board Adds Memory To Any Heathkit H8 Variant
Ask anyone to name a first-generation home computer from the 1970s, and they’ll probably mention the likes of the Altair 8800 and IMSAI ... a brand-new DRAM board that’s compatible with ...
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A HISTORY OF THE COMPUTER: MICRO
Popular Electronics features the MITS Altair 8800 on its cover, January 1975. It is hailed as the first "personal" computer. Thousands of orders for the 8800 rescue MITS from bankruptcy.