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

In a nutshell: Microsoft, founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in April 1975, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. To mark the occasion, Gates has released the source code he and Allen ...

An Altair 8800 at the University of Washington's Paul G ... Their program for the Altair became Microsoft BASIC — think of it as the root of all their software that was to come. Paul Allen's original ...

An Altair 8800 at the University of Washington's Paul ... Their program for the Altair became Microsoft BASIC — think of it as the root of all their software that was to come.

This significant milestone marks the origins of Microsoft, which initially operated under the ... Gates recalls that upon learning about the Altair 8800 in January 1975, he recognized the impending PC ...

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

Before Microsoft (or even Micro-soft), there was ... Altair Basic — a programming language interpreter for the MITS Altair 8800 microcomputer — and “remains the coolest code I’ve ever ...

Maybe you didn’t realize this, but Microsoft is actually older than Apple. While Apple marked its 49th anniversary earlier this week on April 1, Microsoft will celebrate its 50th anniversary on ...

Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago that opened up a new frontier in technology. Although the code that Gates ...