Ed Roberts
American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor (1941-2010) · United States · Doctors · Died at 68
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Something wrong?Henry Edward Roberts was an American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor who invented the first commercially successful microcomputer in 1974. He is most often known as "the father of the personal computer".
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March 1970 advertisement, when MITS was located in Ed Roberts's garage.
June 1972 advertisement for MITS Model 1440 Calculator
May 1975 advertisement for the Altair 8800 computer kit
Altair 8800 Computer with 8-inch floppy disk system
Altair 8K BASIC on paper tape. Bill Gates gave Paul Allen a paper tape containing BASIC to take to MITS.About this person
Country
United States
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1941 to 2010 · aged 68
Doctors from the United States 6
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