Bill and I were using the same computing tech - the Altair 8800 and DEC's PDP-10 - as BASIC became a gateway for generations ...

Roberts called his computer the Altair 8800 and offered it as a kit ... It was the very first personal computer to be produced in fairly high quantity. The larger computer companies were busy ...

Commemorating Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, Bill Gates provides a first-hand account of the company’s origin story. The post gains extra charm from an interactive design that transforms the text into ...

The story of the product begins with the computer credited with starting the personal computer revolution, the MITS Altair ...

Gates reflected on Microsoft’s early days, recalling the long hours spent coding on a PDP-10 computer at Harvard. He ...

The company helped launch the software industry and bring a computer to every desktop. Hit products like Windows and the Xbox ...

Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects on the pivotal computer code he wrote 50 years ago, marking the start of personal ...

On Jan. 1, 1975, the Altair 8800 personal computer appeared on the cover of Popular Electronics magazine. This inspired Allen and Gates to develop a version of the BASIC programming language ...

Reminiscing about Microsoft's early days, Gates said Altair BASIC was the company's "original source code," predating iconic ...

Microsoft is commemorating our 50-year anniversary by celebrating the achievements of our employees, customers and partners ...