jan 1, 1975 - Altair 8800

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1) The Altair 8800, made by MITS is considered the first personal computer

2) It inspired the competition for more and more personal computer to be released including the Apple I and II, and Commodore PET

2) The Altair BASIC, a discontinued prgramming language interpreter, was Microsoft's first ever product, and was distributed by MITS under a contract

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