The first ever personal computer, the Altair 8800, was a commercial hit when it released in 1975. The responsibility of launching the shocking innovation lay on the shoulders of Popular ...

The MITS Altair 8800, one of the first "microcomputers" ever made available to hobbyists in 1975, is shown in this undated handout photo released to the media on Wednesday, June 25, 2008.

The story of how Microsoft came to be begins with, of all things, a magazine. The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics featured an Altair 8800 on the cover. The Altair 8800, created by a small ...

It started with the Altair 8800, a build-it-yourself computer that Allen saw in Popular Electronics in 1975. ED LAZOWSKA: Paul saw a magazine ad for this kit computer and went running to Bill and ...

It was for a build-it-yourself computer called an Altair 8800. An Altair 8800 at the University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering.<br> Monica Nickelsburg ...

It was for a build-it-yourself computer called an Altair 8800. An Altair 8800 at the University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering.

An Altair 8800 at the University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. A company called MITS sold the computer as a kit.

An Altair 8800 at the University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. A company called MITS sold the computer as a kit.