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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