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created by Ed Roberts and Forrest M. Mims, both U.S.A.F., Weap. Lab.
1969, created Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry System (MITS)
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What is MITS altaire?
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.
What was Microsoft's first computer language program written for a personal computer called?
Microsoft BASIC, it was for the MITS Altair 8800 kit.
How much does the altair 8800 cost?
No one knows for sure, but by the end of August 1975, MITS claimed to have sold more than 5,000 Altair 8800s. Ed Roberts, who owned MITS, claimed to have sold more than 40,000 of the computers in total.
Who invented the first 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.
Who invented computer networking and when?
Ed Roberts of MITS. The Altair in 1975. This is the computer that got Gates and Allen in business.
What city was the altair computer invented in?
The MITS Altair 8800 was designed in Albuquerque, NM. I wouldn't say it was invented!
Which year did Bill Gates invent a computer?
Never, he dropped out from Harvard, moved to NM, and wrote Altair BASIC for the MITS Altair 8800 kit.
When was the altair 8800 invented?
august 30,1975
Who were the 2 men who invented the 8080 microprocessor based Altair in 1975?
The two men that designed the MITS Altair 8800 computer kit in 1975 were Ed Roberts and Forrest M. Mims III. The Altair 8800 used the Intel 8080 as it CPU. Roberts and Forrest did not invent the 8080 - Intel did - they simply used the 8080 in their product.
What is MITS altaire?
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.
What was Microsoft's first computer language program written for a personal computer called?
Microsoft BASIC, it was for the MITS Altair 8800 kit.
What was the altair 8800 and who was the inventor?
An assassin invented by Abstergo Industries.
How much does the altair 8800 cost?
No one knows for sure, but by the end of August 1975, MITS claimed to have sold more than 5,000 Altair 8800s. Ed Roberts, who owned MITS, claimed to have sold more than 40,000 of the computers in total.
What was an Altair 8800?
1974 I remember it very clearly as I spent the first half of 1975 helping my senior year High School electronics instructor assemble one. Unfortunately I never got a chance to see if it ran or not as I graduated and left for College before we were able to finish assembling the kit.
How much was the Altair 8800?
The altair 8800 was sold for US$395 as a kit and US$495 as assembled.
Who invented the first 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.
When was the Altair 8800 made?
it was made in 1975
