The Altair was the first popular microcomputer kit. It appeared on the cover of the January 1975 "Popular Electronics" magazine with an article (probably) by Leslie Solomon. Leslie Solomon was an editor at Popular Electronics who had a knack for spotting kits that would interest people and make them buy the magazine.
the first microcomputer is the altair 8080....but the first commercially available microcomputer is the apple II produce by the Intel Corp......=)
Altair
The Altair is widely recognized as the spark that ignited the microcomputer revolution as the first commercially successful personal computer-by olivia L.
Altair was born on January 22, 1938.
Altair was born on January 22, 1938.
Altair 8800
Altair is 73 years old (birthdate: January 22, 1938).
The MITS Altair 8800 was a microcomputer design from 1975, based on the Intel 8080 CPU and sold as a mail-order kit. Today the Altair is widely recognized as the spark that led to the personal computer revolution.
The father of the microcomputer is considered to be Ed Roberts, who created the Altair 8800 in 1975. This kit-based computer was one of the first affordable personal computers available to the general public and helped kickstart the personal computer revolution.
Definition of: AltairA microcomputer kit introduced in late 1974 from Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS). It sold for $400 and used an 8080 microprocessor. In 1975, it was packaged with the Microsoft MBASIC interpreter written by Paul Allen and Bill Gates. Although computer kits were advertised earlier by others, an estimated 10,000 Altairs were sold, making it the first commercially successful microcomputer.
1975: Ed Roberts, the "father of the microcomputer" designed the first microcomputer, the Altair 8800, which was produced by Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS). The same year, two young hackers, William Gates and Paul Allen approached MITS and promised to deliver a BASIC compiler. So they did and from the sale, Microsoft was born.
the Altair was an early kit built hobbyist computer introduced by the company MITS in Albuquerque, NM in 1974. due to poor planning it eventually bankrupted MITS.