2 Apr
2010
2 Apr
'10
7:34 a.m.
Philip Pemberton [philpem at philpem.me.uk] wrote:
Heard this on Radio 2 this morning, but it doesn't
seem to be
on the BBC
News website...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i88Z-XwxRcgb
BtP_lHW_DJqyo5ogD9EQKQJO4
ATLANTA - Dr. Henry Edward Roberts, a developer of an
early personal
computer that inspired Bill Gates to found Microsoft, died Thursday
in Georgia. He was 68.
Roberts, whose build-it-yourself kit concentrated thousands of dollars
worth of computer capability in an affordable package, inspired Bill
Gates and his childhood friend Paul Allen to come up with Microsoft in
1975 after they saw an article about the MITS Altair 8800 in Popular
Electronics.
It's on the Beeb's site now:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8600493.stm
Antonio