Ed Roberts
Name:
Henry Edward Roberts
Born: September 13, 1941, Miami, Florida, USA
Death: April 1, 2010 (age 68)
Computer related contributions
- Coined the term personal computer.
- On of the father of the personal computer after introducing the Altair 8800 on December 19, 1974.
- Founded Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) in 1970.
- Altair BASIC, Microsoft's first product is sold to MITS.
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