A company called MITS in Albuquerque, NM.
The first personal computer is widely considered to be the Altair 8800, which was introduced in 1975. It was developed by Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) and featured an Intel 8080 microprocessor. The Altair 8800 sparked the personal computer revolution and inspired a generation of computer enthusiasts and developers.
In fact, the invention of the telephone and lightbulb is very controversial. The Altair computer was originally developed by Ed Roberts.
It was the first personal computer.
MITS, an electronic hobbyist kit maker in Albuquerque, NM.
I think it is Ada Lovelace!
Ed Roberts
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ALTAIR
MITSBut actually there were others before it, one was the Radio & Electronics magazine Mark-8. Then before that was the Kenbak. etc.
Microsoft's first software was a a BASIC programming language interpreter that they created for the MITS Altair 8800 computer in 1975. Microsoft developed Applesoft BASIC for the early Apple computers (the name being a combination of Apple and Microsoft) before moving on to operating systems first with their UNIX clone called XENIX in 1980 and Windows in 1986.
BASIC for the Altair computer
The Altair 8800.