Bill and I were using the same computing tech - the Altair 8800 and DEC's PDP-10 - as BASIC became a gateway for generations of developers. Where were you all those decades ago?

It was for a build-it-yourself computer called an Altair 8800. An Altair 8800 at the University ... commands into these switches on the front panel. NICKELSBURG: Microsoft's big idea wasn't ...

Mantic Games and Ubisoft have given a first look at their new Assassin's Creed board game, with in-game characters from ...

To mark the occasion, Gates has released the source code he and Allen wrote for the Altair 8800 – dubbed Altair BASIC – which became the company's first product. Reminiscing about Microsoft's ...

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

In January 1975, Bill Gates and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen read an article in the magazine Popular Electronics about the Altair 8800 home computer by a small company named MITS.

It was for a build-it-yourself computer called an Altair 8800. A company called MITS sold ... just lights and switches on the front. You'd program it by punching holes into paper.

Gates and Allen were pitching an interpreter that would run code written in BASIC on the Altair 8800. The problem was ... and after a demonstration in front of Roberts was a great success, they ...

However, for a polished look, you also need a labeled front panel. We’ve looked at several methods for doing that in the past, but we enjoyed [Accidental Science’s] video showing his method ...