BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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Apple I
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IBM Personal Computer
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Altair 8800
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Xerox Alto
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Detailed explanation-1: -MITS co-founder Ed Roberts invented the Altair 8800-which sold for $297, or $395 with a case-and coined the term “personal computer”.
Detailed explanation-2: -The origin of personal computers The Altair 8800 was released, the first commercially successful personal computer. This was shortly followed by Altair Basic-the first programming language for the machine, developed by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
Detailed explanation-3: -But, it was the first home computer. Bill Gates and Paul Allen saw the potential. They developed a BASIC language for the Altair computer and marketed it through their new company – Microsoft. Yes, the first product sold by Microsoft was the BASIC computer language.
Detailed explanation-4: -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 was Microsoft’s first product (as Micro-Soft), distributed by MITS under a contract. Altair BASIC was the start of the Microsoft BASIC product range.