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

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

Three CEOs, a talk show format, and protesters made Microsoft’s 50th anniversary memorable.

It's hard to underscore or overstate how much of an influence Redmond-based Microsoft has had on the entire world of ...

Despite his promising start, Gates left Harvard at the end of his second year. The release of the MITS Altair 8800, built around the Intel 8080 processor, presented a golden opportunity for Gates and ...

Before Microsoft (or even Micro-soft), there was an interpreter called Altair Basic.

The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics featured an Altair 8800 on the cover. The Altair 8800, created by a small electronics company called MITS, was a groundbreaking personal computer kit that ...