English: The MITS Altair 8800 computer was the first commercially successful home computer. Paul Allen and Bill Gates wrote Altair BASIC and started Microsoft. This advertisement appeared in Radio-Electronics, Popular Electronics and other magazines in August 1975.
Français : L'Altair 8800 de MITS fut le premier ordinateur personnel a obtenir un succès commercial. Paul Allen and Bill Gates écrivirent Altair BASIC et fondèrent Microsoft. Cette publicité apparut dans les magazines Radio-Electronics et Popular Electronics, ainsi que dans plusieurs autres, en août 1975.
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Scanned from the August 1975 Radio-Electronics magazine (page 1) by Michael Holley Swtpc6800
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== Summary == {{Information |Description={{en|1= The MITS Altair 8800 computer was the first commercially successful home computer. Paul Allen and Bill Gates started Microsoft to write software for the Altair. This advertisement appeared in ''Radio-Electr