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It was for a build-it-yourself computer called an Altair 8800. A company called MITS sold the computer as a kit. An Altair was about the size of an apple crate, with no screen, just lights and ...

Another obstacle to developing a BASIC interpreter for the Altair 8800 was that computer memory was very expensive at the time, and the Altair 8800 couldn't be equipped with additional memory.

The computer science program provides students with a broad and deep foundation in theory and modern software and hardware concepts as well as introduces students to numerous programming languages and ...

They realised they needed to adapt the 1964 Dartmouth BASIC to work with the Altair, but without a prototype, it was a challenging task. Despite the uncertainty, Gates eventually completed the code ...

Just five years later, in 1980, the company secured a deal with IBM to supply software for its first personal computer ... Popular Electronics about the Altair 8800. This minicomputer, powered ...

The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics magazine featured an Altair 8800 on its cover. The device, created by a small company, MITS, was, according to Gates, a groundbreaking personal computer ...

The magazine had featured a cover photo of an Altair 8800, a groundbreaking personal computer created by a small company called MITS. The 19-year-old Gates and his Harvard pal Paul Allen reached ...

It started with a version of the BASIC programming language for the Altair 8800 computer, and the rest is history. Bill and Paul, might not have realized at that time, that they just did not ...