Bill and I were using the same computing tech - the Altair 8800 and DEC's PDP-10 - as BASIC became a gateway for generations ...

April 4, 2025, will mark 50 years since Microsoft (or 'Micro-Soft', back then) was founded. To mark the occasion, Bill Gates ...

Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates commemorates its 50th birthday by sharing the BASIC interpreter code that led to its ...

Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago ...

Bill Gates celebrated the 50th anniversary of Microsoft but shared that it was a moment of mixed emotions. In a blog post ...

It's "the coolest code I've ever written," the Microsoft co-founder says.

Bill Gates reminisced about founding Microsoft in April 1975 with Paul Allen, inspired by an article on the Altair 8800.

Before Microsoft (or even Micro-soft), there was an interpreter called Altair Basic. Before Microsoft (or even Micro-soft), there was an interpreter called Altair Basic. Jess Weatherbed is a ...

The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics introduced the Altair 8800 and hit the newsstands in December of 1974, so it is only natural that around the New Year people start thinking about the ...

As part of Microsoft's 50th-anniversary celebrations, Nadella — via a short video of the demonstration — showcasing the power of AI and taking a trip down the nostalgia lane.

After hearing about the Altair 8800 in January 1975, he knew that the PC revolution was imminent and that he had to be part of it, Gates recalls. If they wrote the software for it, they could ...

That turned out to be the first of a multipart series on his Altair 8800 Again simulator. The front panel appears to be laser cut and in some future video episodes, we expect to see him simulate ...