Altair BASIC is a discontinued interpreter for the BASIC programming language that ran on the MITS Altair 8800 and subsequent S-100 bus computers. It...
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programming language for the machine was Microsoft's founding product, Altair BASIC. The Altair 8800 had no built-in screen or video output, so it would have to...
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first product for sale was a BASIC interpreter (Altair BASIC), which paved the way for the company's success. Before Altair BASIC, microcomputers were sold...
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different microcomputers. It first appeared in 1975 as Altair BASIC, which was the first version of BASIC published by Microsoft as well as the first high-level...
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Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (redirect from Altair 680)
Gates saw the magazine and began writing software for the Altair, later called Altair BASIC. They moved to Albuquerque to work for MITS and in July 1975...
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An Open Letter to Hobbyists (section Altair BASIC)
frustration with most computer hobbyists who were using his company's Altair BASIC software without having paid for it. He asserted that such widespread...
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Ed Roberts (computer engineer) (section Altair BASIC)
computer kit. Bill Gates and Paul Allen joined MITS to develop software and Altair BASIC was Microsoft's first product. Roberts sold MITS in 1977 and retired...
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complaining about users pirating Altair BASIC, which sold for $150. Tiny BASIC was intended to be a completely free version of BASIC that would run on the same...
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into a digit that could then be POKEd to the 7-segment display. Like Altair BASIC, Benton Harbor also included the OUT statement to write a value to a...
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Bill Gates (section BASIC)
that more than 90% of the users of Microsoft Altair BASIC had not paid Microsoft for it and the Altair "hobby market" was in danger of eliminating the...
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