MITS

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MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) was an early personal computer company best known for creating the Altair 8800, a pioneering microcomputer that helped launch the home computer revolution in the mid-1970s.

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instanceOf computer company
electronics company
microcomputer
acquiredBy Pertec Computer Corporation
acquisitionYear 1976
announcedIn Popular Electronics
announcementDate January 1975
associatedWith S-100 bus standard
linked to: S-100 bus

early microcomputer hobbyist community
collaboratedWith Bill Gates
Microsoft
Paul Allen
contributedTo emergence of the personal computer industry
country United States
defunctInDecade 1970s
developed Altair BASIC in collaboration with Microsoft
linked to: Microsoft BASIC
expansionBus S-100 bus
formFactor kit computer
foundedBy Bob Zaller
Ed Roberts
Forrest Mims
Stan Cagle
foundedInCity Albuquerque
foundedInState New Mexico
foundedInYear 1969
fullName Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems
historicalSignificance sparked widespread interest in home computers
industry electronics kits
personal computers
introducedAltair8800InYear 1975
introducedProduct Altair 8800
linked to: MITS Altair 8800
introducedYear 1975
keyPerson Ed Roberts
keyPersonRole president
knownFor Altair 8800 microcomputer
linked to: MITS Altair 8800

helping launch the home computer revolution
location Albuquerque, New Mexico
magazineAdvertisement Popular Electronics January 1975 cover
manufacturer MITS
market hobbyist computer users
notableProduct Altair 680
linked to: Altair 680 computer

Altair 8800
linked to: MITS Altair 8800
notableProductLine Altair microcomputers
linked to: Altair 680 computer
offered computer kits by mail order
originalBusiness electronic calculator kits
model rocket telemetry kits
processor Intel 8080
soldTo Pertec Computer Corporation
status defunct

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