Bill and I were using the same computing tech - the Altair 8800 and DEC's PDP-10 - as BASIC became a gateway for generations of developers. Where were you all those decades ago?

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

The story of the product begins with the computer credited with starting the personal computer revolution, the MITS Altair 8800. (Yeah yeah yeah, I know what you’re thinking, “What about the Apple II?

April 4, 2025, will mark 50 years since Microsoft (or 'Micro-Soft', back then) was founded. To mark the occasion, Bill Gates has created a blog post celebrating '50 years of Microsoft' which includes ...

It's "the coolest code I've ever written," the Microsoft co-founder says.

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

Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago ... 1975 issue of Popular Electronics magazine about the Altair 8800, a ...

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 ...

Over half a century, the company has introduced technologies including the Windows operating system, the Azure cloud, video ...

“no computer experience.” BASIC on an Altair 8800 would widen the device’s market and bring personal computing one step closer to the masses. Gates details some of the things they had to do ...