https://www.europesays.com/people/211748/ How a magazine cover led Bill Gates, Paul Allen to create Microsoft’s first product #Altair8800 #AltairBASIC #BillGates #EdRoberts #Microsoft #MITS #MonteDavidoff #PaulAllen #PopularElectronics
#altair8800 — Public Fediverse posts
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#TRS80CoCo : 42 (thank you Chip)
#Atari800 : 42 (thank you Mark Elliott)
#CBMPET : 43
#C64 : 43
#Dragon32 : 44
#SharpMZ80K : 45 (thank you Tim Holyoake)
#C16 : 46
#Altair8800 : 52
#MSX : 53 (thank you Pixel Purrito)
#C128 : 56 (default "mode")
#ZX80 : 57
#ZXSpectrum : 68 (thank you Adam)
#SharpPC1500A : 167 (thank you Karttu)
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One Open-source Project Daily
A Zilog Z80 and Intel 8080 systems emulation
https://github.com/udo-munk/z80pack
#1ospd #opensource #altair8800 #cromemcoz1 #imsai8080 #intelmds800 #mostekaid80f -
trying to be on here more often (again lol)
Back on my BS with my project to make a portable version of Unix V6 (from 1975) with a self-hosted pre-K&R C compiler, that could be released on anything that can at least simulate the memory model
Gonna start on a custom VM written in #Rust, but then port to the #C64 and probably also #ALtair8800!!
You can check out the progress on the
kernelbranch here: https://codeberg.org/popeyeotaku/popix/src/branch/kernelRight now the compiler's almost done, with a bootstrapper compiler written in Rust. I'm about to start booting and bugfixing the kernel as soon as I extend the VM a tad
Still gotta gut the kernel by another several K, and write self-hosted assembler/linker package, and port userland. Also gonna write a custom YACC that uses less RAM
but it's coming along swimmingly!!!
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Episódio 170 – RetroRetrospectiva 2025 – Parte B
https://retropolis.com.br/2025/12/17/episodio-170-parte-b/
#Podcast #6502 #AlAlamiah #Altair8800 #Amiga1000 #AmstradCpc6128 #Apple #AppleIII #arm #AtariSt #Brasil #BSDDay #Byte #C #Commodore128 #CorelDRAW #Criptografia #Delphi #DNS #E3 #efemrides #Embratel #fujitsu #GameWatch #GEM #Intel80386 #IntelignciaArtificial #Java #LeiDeMoore #MicrosoftBob #MSX #MSX2 #MSXJa #MSXRio #MSXSP #MySQL #MysteryHouse #namco #Netscape #Nintendo #NORC #Novell #
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This Altair 8800 replicat just arrived this afternoon from Italy. Now, *this* is a thing of beauty ! It’s going to be fun ! #retrocomputing #altair8800 #altairmini
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A view of the entrance to our permanent exhibition of home computers from the 1970s and 1980s. All devices are fully functional and accessible to our visitors.
#retrocomputing #museum #handson #oldenburg #commodorepet #applecomputer #altair8800 #tandytrs80 #commodorevic20 #ibm5150
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Notas rápidas retrocomputacionais para alegrar o seu dia.
https://retropolis.com.br/2025/09/30/notas-rapidas-retrocomputacionais-para-alegrar-o-seu-dia/
#MundoRetro #8080 #Altair8800 #Altoids #Intel #Jogos #MSX #MSXDev #PDP11 #TangNANO #Vectrex #VectrexMini
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Repórter Retro 117
https://retropolis.com.br/2025/08/29/reporter-retro-117/
#ReprterRetro #ActionRetro #AdemirCarchano #AlanTuring #Altair8800 #Amiga #Atari8bits #BancoDeDados #BASIC #Baudot #Clone #ClubeMSX #CoCoTown #CommanderX16 #Commodore #Commodore64 #DavePlummer #DavesGarage #DESQView #Disquetes #epcom #EscapeFromColditz #gradiente #Hackaday #HDMI #Homebrew #IBM #KazuhikoNishi #KonradZuse #MquinaDeTuring #MarioCavalcanti #matemtica #microsoft #MiSTer #MITS #MSDOS #NeoGeo #NetBSD #Nin
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Bill Gates about writing #basic for #altair8800, nice story 🙂 https://www.gatesnotes.com/microsoft-original-source-code
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After countless attempts, a few desperate prayers to the silicon gods, and some minor surgery on the serial board, I finally got Microsoft BASIC from 1976 running on my 1975 Altair 8800.
All of this… at a blazing 300 baud. Yes, three hundred. Because why rush greatness?
Video proof included—because if it’s not filmed, it didn’t happen.
#retrocomputer #Altair8800 #MicrosoftBASIC
Can’t wait to create some new CTF challenges for the next https://hacking.museum exhibitions #retro #hacking -
Grazie ad un post di Francesco Sblendorio riscopriamo l'IMSAI 8080, un computer del 1975, considerato il clone dell'Altair 8800, che ha fatto bella mostra di sé nel film "Wargames - Giochi di guerra" del 1983. Avremmo anche dovuto programmare il MOS KIM-1 ma l'impresa merita un video a parte. #retrocomputing #altair8800 #imsai8080 #wargames https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZYwKGedFAc
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#BillGates unearths #Microsoft's ancient code like a proud nerd dad
Founder shares 4K #Altair #BASIC source ahead of 50th anniversary
The code was the foundation on which Microsoft was built. Before Windows and before Office, there was a carefully crafted BASIC interpreter designed to fit within the limited resources available on the #Altair8800.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/bill_gates_altair_basic/The Code: https://www.gatesnotes.com/microsoft-original-source-code
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Bill Gates divulga código-fonte que deu origem à #Microsoft • Tecnoblog
#sourcecode #altair8800 #Intel8080 #Assembly
https://tecnoblog.net/noticias/bill-gates-divulga-codigo-fonte-que-deu-origem-a-microsoft/
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Repórter Retro 111
https://retropolis.com.br/2025/02/28/reporter-retro-111/
#ReprterRetro #8BitRetroJournal #ActionRetro #AhAhhhhhhh #Altair8800 #AppleII #AtariVCS #Bendix #Brasil #BSD #captura #Centurion #ChandlerKlser #ClubeMSX #Commodore128 #ComputadoresMilitares #CRT #DavesGarage #DNS #dosce #Flash #Homebrew #internet #Japo #JordanMechner #Karateka #Linux #MarioCavalcanti #microsoft #MicrosoftBASIC #MSDOS #MSX #MSXGoauld #MSXRio #multitarefa #MultitaskingDOS #msica #Netscape #NORC #Old
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The Altair 8800 computer launched on this day in 1974. It wasn’t flashy, but it lit a spark that led to the creation of Microsoft and Apple! Simple ideas can lead to huge breakthroughs - both in tech and in business
#TechHistory #Altair8800 #Inspiration https://thisdayintechhistory.com/12/19/altair-8800-goes-on-sale-inspires-pc-era/
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50 years ago today, the January 1975 issue of #PopularElectronics became available on the newsstands. It is the famous issue with the #Altair8800 on the cover, which made the 8800 kit available by mail order. For many, it is considered the beginning of the home and personal computer revolution.
The full issue is available for download here:
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1975/Poptronics-1975-01.pdf
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Byte magazine issue from February 1976
#Tech #Computer #RetroTech #Retro #RetroTechnology #RetroComputers #VintageComputer #RetroComputing #Magazine #VintageAds #Altair8800
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Sat night with #altair8800 mini and #cool_retro_term for a round of #zork
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#antibrowser #Altair8800 #awk #Basic #Basic4K so this is 12 * basic graphing running on Bill's 4k basic running on an altair simulation written in awk, running on 12 language agnostic cloud servers. Then 12 antibrowser extremely thin clients with 0 dependencies except for #sockets and #C I needed to let the 12 test drivers run a little longer to at least get the x axis out. Onwards and upwards!
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Homebrew Reader Brings Paper Tape Programs Back to Life https://hackaday.com/2024/06/15/homebrew-reader-brings-paper-tape-programs-back-to-life/ #phototransistor #Retrocomputing #altair8800 #papertape #simulator #terminal #Wedge #pwm
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Homebrew Reader Brings Paper Tape Programs Back to Life - We may be a bit biased, but the storage media of yesteryear has so much more perso... - https://hackaday.com/2024/06/15/homebrew-reader-brings-paper-tape-programs-back-to-life/ #phototransistor #retrocomputing #altair8800 #papertape #simulator #terminal #wedge #pwm
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The BASIC programming language turns 60 - Enlarge / Part of the cover illustration from "The Applesoft Tutorial" ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2020962 #programminglanguages #dartmouthcollege #retrocomputing #thomase.kurtz #johng.kemeny #stevewozniak #commodore64 #programming #altair8800 #billgates #commodore #dartmouth #mainframe #microsoft #retrotech #ge-225 #vic-20 #1980s #apple #atari #basic #ibmpc #tech #ibm
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The detailed story of CP/M, the first personal computer operating system. Happy 50th anniversary!
https://computerhistory.org/blog/fifty-years-of-the-personal-computer-operating-system/
