Ed Roberts (born 1942) was the founder and president of Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) which built the Altair 8800, one of the very first hobbyist personal computers. Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) was an Albuquerque, New Mexico company founded in 1968 by Ed Roberts. ... Altair 8800 The MITS Altair 8800 was a microcomputer design from 1975, based on the Intel 8080A CPU. Sold as a kit through Popular Electronics magazine, the designers intended to sell only a few hundred to hobbyists, and were surprised when they sold over ten times that many in the...

As a teenager, he created circuitry for analog and digital computers. A member of the United States Air Force, he earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Oklahoma State University, and was assigned to an Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas, where in his spare time he established two electronics companies, Reliance Engineering and Reliable Radio and TV. A page from the Bombardiers Information File (BIF) that describes the components and controls of the Norden bombsight. ... A digital system is one that uses discrete numbers, especially binary numbers, or non-numeric symbols such as letters or icons, for input, processing, transmission, storage, or display, rather than a continuous spectrum of values (an analog system). ... The tower of a personal computer. ... The U.S. Air Force redirects here, for the official song, see The U.S. Air Force (song) The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerospace branch of the United States armed forces and one of the seven uniformed services. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Electrical Engineers design power systems… … and complex electronic circuits. ... Oklahoma State University Logo The Oklahoma State University System comprises of five educational instututes across Oklahoma. ... An Air Force Base (AFB) is a term used to designate a military base of a number of air forces, including the United States Air Force (USAF) and the South African Air Force (SAAF). ... Nickname: Alamo City; River City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Bexar County Mayor Phil Hardberger Area    - City 1067. ...

In 1968, he was assigned to the research laboratory division of Kirtland Air Force base in New Mexico, where he met Forrest Mims III. Reunited with a college friend Stan Cagle and an officer Bob Zaller, the four established MITS to sell rocket telemetry systems for hobbyists. In the fall of 1970, the company split up over a disagreement about the direction of the company, as Roberts wanted to start producing calculators, while Cagle and Mims wanted to create an infrared alarm system. Roberts and a friend bought out Cagle and Mims, although Mims would later return to write technical manuals. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Kirtland may refer to either of: Kirtland, a city located in Lake County, Ohio, or Kirtland, a census-designated place located in San Juan County, New Mexico This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... Forrest M. Mims III is the author of the Engineers Mini-Notebook–series of instructional books sold in Radio Shack and Tandy electronics stores. ... Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) was an Albuquerque, New Mexico company founded in 1968 by Ed Roberts. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

Popular Electronics, November 1971

Roberts wrote a featured article in the November 1971 issue of Popular Electronics about the MITS 816 calculator kit, and the business began to earn a profit. By 1974, however, competing companies were making the kits obsolete, so Roberts created the Altair 8800 and wrote a related article that was featured on the cover of the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics. This article excited a Harvard University undergraduate named Bill Gates, and his good friend Paul Allen, and the duo contacted Roberts to write a BASIC interpreter for the machine. Roberts agreed to hire them, and Gates dropped out of Harvard. Later, Gates and Allen would leave MITS to begin a company called MicroSoft. The article would also inspire the creation of the Homebrew Computer Club by a group of Altair 8800 enthusiasts, and from this club emerged twenty-three computer companies, including a company called Apple Computer. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (468x648, 91 KB) Summary Popular Electronics, November 1971. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (468x648, 91 KB) Summary Popular Electronics, November 1971. ... The cover of the premier issue of Popular Electronics magazine Popular Electronics was started by Ziff-Davis in October 1954. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Altair 8800 The MITS Altair 8800 was a microcomputer design from 1975, based on the Intel 8080A CPU. Sold as a kit through Popular Electronics magazine, the designers intended to sell only a few hundred to hobbyists, and were surprised when they sold over ten times that many in the... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The cover of the premier issue of Popular Electronics magazine Popular Electronics was started by Ziff-Davis in October 1954. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... This article is about the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation. ... Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an American entrepreneur whose fortune was founded when he formed Microsoft with Bill Gates. ... Screenshot of Atari BASIC, one of the first BASIC languages for small computers. ... The Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... The Homebrew Computer Club was an early computer hobbyist club in Silicon Valley, which met (under that name) from March 1975 to roughly 1977. ... Apple Computer, Inc. ...

In 1977, MITS was bought by Pertec Computer Corporation, and Roberts entered medical school at Mercer University. He is now a country doctor in Cochran, Georgia. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) was an Albuquerque, New Mexico company founded in 1968 by Ed Roberts. ... Pertec Computer Corporation (PCC) was a computer company based in California which made peripherals; floppy drives, tape drives, instrumentation control, and other hardware for computers. ... Mercer University is an independent, coeducational, church-related, private university, located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Cochran is a city located in Bleckley County, Georgia. ...