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The Virtual Altair Museum
An extensive look at the Altair.

Ed Roberts Interview
1996 interview with Historically Brewed magazine.

The Altair story; early days at MITS
Article by Forrest M. Mims III, in Creative Computing, 1984.

DigiBarn's Altair collection
Lots of information on the Altair with links to other Altair resources.

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A Little Company Called Microsoft
Microsoft wasn’t always huge. In the early days it was a small group of friends living together and working all hours.
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“We have a BASIC”
Inspired by the cover of Popular Electronics, Paul Allen and Bill Gates wrote Altair BASIC, the first software for a home computer.
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CP/M or DOS?
IBM picks an operating system for the PC—and for posterity.
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Altair: The Ultimate Kit
The Altair was created as a traditional build-it-yourself project, but in kit form it was more than many hobbyists could handle.
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