Altair 8800
The computer was featured on the January 1975 cover of "Popular Electronics," a magazine aimed at the electronics hobbyist.
The company was amazed by the sales of its kits. It soon sold pre-assembled units as well.
Technical specifications of computer Altair 8800
Manufactured by: MITS
Launched: 1975
Units shipped: 25 000
Price: 621 USD
Manufactured in 
USA
CPU: Intel 8080
@ 2MHz
Memory: 256 B
Hard drive:
None
Operating system: BASIC
Innovations: It was the pioneer in using the new Intel 8080 chip.
It is considered the first successful commercial computer.
The product's pricing made it the first affordable computer:
- Kit: US $439 (equivalent to $2,200 today)
- Assembled: US $621 ($3,100 today)
The computer bus designed for the Altair became a de facto standard known as the S-100 bus.
The first programming language for the machine was Altair BASIC, written by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who would later found Microsoft.
