Since computers were very expensive and large, they were cheap enough to be owned by individuals in the mid-1970's, which was only used in some limited places such as laboratories and companies,Altair ...

Maybe you didn’t realize this, but Microsoft is actually older than Apple. While Apple marked its 49th anniversary earlier this week on April 1, Microsoft will celebrate its 50th anniversary on April ...

Ed Roberts, the maker of the world’s first personal computer, died yesterday at the age of 68. Roberts created the Altair 8800, the first computer normal people could a) afford and b) use in their ...

BOULDER CREEK, Calif.--I have seen the world's first microcomputer, and it is not the Altair. For years, any serious discussions about the earliest microcomputers had to include the Altair 8800, the ...

1974: The Altair 8800 microcomputer goes on sale. It doesn't offer much, but it's the small start of a big trend toward small things. A small New Mexico company — with the big name of Micro ...

Computer enthusiasts, programmers and hobbyists may be interested to know that the discontinued interpreter for the BASIC programming language, Altair BASIC has been published to GitHub. The ...

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Exactly 50 years ago, on November 29, 1974, also a Friday, the January issue of the widely read US magazine "Popular Electronics" went to the printers. It was due to reach subscribers in mid-December ...

Browse around eBay for an original Altair 8800 and you quickly find that the price range is in the thousands of dollars. If you are a collector and have some money in your pocket maybe that’s okay.

Ed Roberts, co-founder of Micro Information and Telemetry Systems (MITS) and designer of the Altair 8800, has died at the age of 68 The Altair 8800 kick-started the home computing revolution The ...

Build Your Own Altair 8800 Personal Computer The MITS Altair 8800 was the first commercially successful personal computer. Created by Ed Roberts in 1974, it was purchased by the thousands via mail ...