Altair BASIC

derivative of

Microsoft BASIC

dialect of

BASIC

origin

Bill Gates recalls that, when he and Paul Allen read about the Altair in the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics, they understood that the price of computers would soon drop to the point that selling software for them would be a profitable business.

path on GitHub

https://github.com/davepinch/pinchy.cc/blob/master/content/topics/computers/programming-languages/altair-basic/altair-basic.md

product of

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Adams died of a heart attack due to undiagnosed coronary artery disease on 11 May 2001, aged 49, after resting from his regular workout at a private gym in Montecito, California.

tags

programming language
BASIC interpreter
product

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q286196

Wikipedia

Altair BASIC (Wikipedia) Altair BASIC is a discontinued interpreter for the BASIC programming language that ran on the MITS Altair 8800 and subsequent S-100 bus computers. It was Microsoft’s first product (as Micro-Soft), distributed by MITS under a contract. Altair BASIC was the start of the Microsoft BASIC product range.