Bill and I were using the same computing tech - the Altair 8800 and DEC's PDP-10 - as BASIC became a gateway for generations of developers. Where were you all those decades ago?

It was for a build-it-yourself computer called an Altair 8800. A company called MITS sold the computer ... Microsoft's next big innovation because it came preinstalled on the first home computers IBM ...

Personal computers including the Altair 8800 had existed for a few years at the time of his remark and Olsen himself owned a computer at home. The same year as his "prediction" brought a series of ...

Roberts called his computer the Altair 8800 and offered it as a kit ... and couldn't really see why anyone would want a home computer. They also failed to see the implications of the new ...

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.

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

Then there started to be some rumblings of home computers (like the ... As much disparity as there is between an Altair 8800 and a modern personal computer, looking even further back is fascinating.

So it’s hardly a surprise that in 1977, seeing the success of early home computers like the Altair 8800 and IMSAI 8080, Heathkit decided to join the fray with a computer kit of their own.

Before Windows and before Office, there was a carefully crafted BASIC interpreter designed to fit within the limited resources available on the Altair 8800. Why an interpreter ... could easily cost ...

for microprocessors and software – to develop software for the Altair 8800, an early personal computer, Microsoft wrote on its website. In 1980, the pair struck a deal to provide the operating ...

By then, Gates and Allen had accomplished their goal of helping put a computer on every desk and in every home, laying the ... yourself computer called an Altair 8800. A company called MITS ...