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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: Wayback on April 03, 2010, 10:39:21 PM

Title: RIP Henry Roberts, 68, invented early PC that inspired Bill Gates
Post by: Wayback on April 03, 2010, 10:39:21 PM

Henry Edward Roberts, 68, built the MITS Altair 8800, an early personal computer which had no display screen. Bill Gates and friend Paul Allen created BASIC code for those computers.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-me-ed-roberts2-2010apr02,0,3043584.story