the altair is considered the first successful personal computer. ed roberts developed it.
the altair is considered the first successful personal computer. ed roberts developed it.
the altair is considered the first successful personal computer. who developed it?
ed roberts
1974 saw the introduction of what is considered by many to be the first true "personal computer", the altair 8800 created by micro instrumentation and telemetry systems (mits). based on the 8-bit intel 8080 microprocessor, the altair is widely recognized as the spark that ignited the microcomputer revolution as the first commercially successful personal computer. the computer bus designed for the altair was to become a "de facto" standard in the form of the s-100 bus, and the first programming language for the machine was microsoft's founding product, altair basic.
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the mits altair 8800, the first successful personal computer, used the intel 8080 microprocessor and was featured on the january 1975 cover of "popular electronics". the first personal computers using the motorola 6800 were introduced in late 1975. sphere corporation of bountiful, utah ran a quarter-page advertisement in the july 1975 issue of "radio-electronics" for a computer kit with a 6800 microprocessor, of ram, a video board and a keyboard. this would display 16 lines of 32 characters on a tv or monitor. the sphere computer kits began shipping in november 1975. southwest technical products corporation of san antonio, texas, officially announced their swtpc 6800 computer system in november 1975. wayne green visited swtpc in august 1975 and described the swtpc computer kit complete with photos of a working system in the october 1975 issue of "73". the swtpc 6800 was based on the motorola mek6800 design evaluation kit chip set and used the mikbug rom software. the mits altair 680 was on the cover of the november 1975 issue of "popular electronics". the altair 680 used a 6800 microprocessor and, unlike the swtpc machine, also had a front panel with toggle switches and leds. the initial design had to be revised and first deliveries of the altair 680b were in april 1976.
motorola 6800