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The altair 8800 was sold for US$395 as a kit and US$495 as assembled.
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The Altair 8800 was released in 1975 by MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems).
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ALTAIR 8800 was used first.
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Pradip, Hyderabad
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An assassin invented by Abstergo Industries.
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The MITS Altair 8800 was designed in Albuquerque, NM. I wouldn't say it was invented!
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Noise on the unterminated backplane signals.
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Never, he dropped out from Harvard, moved to NM, and wrote Altair BASIC for the MITS Altair 8800 kit.
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The two men that designed the MITS Altair 8800 computer kit in 1975 were Ed Roberts and Forrest M. Mims III.
The Altair 8800 used the Intel 8080 as it CPU. Roberts and Forrest did not invent the 8080 - Intel did - they simply used the 8080 in their product.
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The first personal home computer was the Altair 8800 which was produced in 1975 by Ed Roberts. The Altair 8800 could run thousands of CP/M software titles and also allow the user to play games such as Colossal Cave Adventure, Pong, Star Trek, and Zork. A user could also use the Altair 8800 to create spreadsheets, databases, and word processing documents.
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Henry Edward Roberts designed the Altair 8800 personal computer. This very computer inspired Bill Gates and Paul Allen to enter the software business.
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Microsoft BASIC, it was for the MITS Altair 8800 kit.
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Microsoft's first software was a a BASIC programming language interpreter that they created for the MITS Altair 8800 computer in 1975. Microsoft developed Applesoft BASIC for the early Apple computers (the name being a combination of Apple and Microsoft) before moving on to operating systems first with their UNIX clone called XENIX in 1980 and Windows in 1986.
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The MITS Altair 8800 was a microcomputer design from 1975, based on the Intel 8080 CPU and sold as a mail-order kit. Today the Altair is widely recognized as the spark that led to the personal computer revolution.
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The Altair 8800 was created by Ed Roberts, who co-founded Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS). It was one of the first personal computers available as a kit for hobbyists to assemble.
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Altair 8800
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April 4, 1975; first product was Microsoft BASIC interpreter for the MITS Altair 8800. As the standard Altair 8800 kit came with only 256 bytes of RAM and the interpreter, loaded from paper tape, took 4K bytes of RAM; a very big upgrade of the hardware was needed immediately to use Microsoft's software. A tradition continued to this day.
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No one knows for sure, but by the end of August 1975, MITS claimed to have sold more than 5,000 Altair 8800s. Ed Roberts, who owned MITS, claimed to have sold more than 40,000 of the computers in total.
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I remember it very clearly as I spent the first half of 1975 helping my senior year High School electronics instructor assemble one. Unfortunately I never got a chance to see if it ran or not as I graduated and left for College before we were able to finish assembling the kit.
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When the Altair 8800 came out in January 1975, users could purchase a DIY kit for $397, which consisted of some parts and circuit boards. Users could also purchase assembled Altairs for $498.
Additional parts (such as memory boards) were typically purchased as upgrades in order to make the computer more usable. These upgrades could make the final cost of the computer upwards of $4000.
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Do the work yourself you lazy butt, dont depend on goolge and crap to do it for you, just learn it. it goes by easier and much faster trust me.
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There were "affordable" home computers before 1975 (such as the 1973 Micral N), but I suspect you're talking about the Altair 8800.
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Oh, if you got the right mounting brackets for it then it would fit in a standard 19 inch relay rack and take up about 6 inches height.
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Because it was the first ersonal computer and an average person could afford it because it only costed $400 back in 1975.
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The first computer which was intended to be sold to individuals as opposed to companies was the Altair 8800, which was sold in kit form in 1975 for $439.
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8.3% of 8800 = 730.4
= 8.3% * 8800
= 8.3%/100% * 8800
= 0.083 * 8800
= 730.3
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The Altair 8800 was the first personal computer sold in any number. It came as a kit to be assembled. It was sold through Popular Electronics magazine and others. That was in 1975.
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Bill Gates is not a Computer Manufacturer. So, he hasn't manufactured any computers. However, he is the head/founder of Microsoft Corporation that is the owner of the Windows Operating system.
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This question has several answers. There is varying stories of who actually invented Altair.
See "related Links" below for a history of the MIT Altair and decide for yourself which version is more credible.
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created by Ed Roberts and Forrest M. Mims, both U.S.A.F., Weap. Lab.
1969, created Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry System (MITS)
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The father of the microcomputer is considered to be Ed Roberts, who created the Altair 8800 in 1975. This kit-based computer was one of the first affordable personal computers available to the general public and helped kickstart the personal computer revolution.
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8800 dollars times 4.25 percent is equal to 374 dollars.
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I think you are thinking of the Radio Electronics magazine Mark-8 build it yourself computer. Popular Electronics didn't show anything until 1974: that was the MITS Altair 8800 kit computer.
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