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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.

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