Name/Title
1975 (1) - Popular Electronic- Jan/Feb 1975- Altair 8800 (3/2024)Tags
Magazine, Popular ElectronicsDescription
The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics Magazine is probably the most important publication in the history of the Microcomputer. The computer in the January and February 1975 issues of Popular Electronics, The Altair 8800, captured the attention of the 400,000 readers including 2 friends, Bill Gates and Paul Allen. The pair wrote a form of BASIC that would run on the Altair. They kept the rights to sell the software to other early microcomputer companies that were sure to pop up, and went on to start Microsoft, one of the most successful corporations in the history of business.
