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Before Apple, there was Altair: Ed Roberts died on 4/1
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I didn't see this posted anywhere, but Ed Roberts, one of the inventors of the Altair computer died on 4/1 at age 68. The Altair was the machine that Bill Gates and Paul Allen wrote BASIC for and started them on the road to fortune. It was originally sold mail-order out of Popular Science. The Apple I would follow about 1 year later, and Apple II about a year after that. Apple II also featured Microsoft's BASIC program. Yet another example of Bill Gates getting rich off of Apple's hard work.
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Before Apple, there was Altair: Ed Roberts died on 4/1 - by ztirffritz - 04-04-2010, 03:26 PM

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