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Offline Clive

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Microsoft founders lead tributes to 'father of the PC'
« on: April 02, 2010, 20:30 »
Dr Henry Edward Roberts was the inventor of the Altair 8800, a machine that sparked the home computer era.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8600493.stm
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Re: Microsoft founders lead tributes to 'father of the PC'
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2010, 20:59 »
I guess we wouldn't be here were it not for him.  :rip:
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Re: Microsoft founders lead tributes to 'father of the PC'
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2010, 21:49 »
It was a cult machine looking for a use. 
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Re: Microsoft founders lead tributes to 'father of the PC'
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2010, 12:27 »
It certainly started a big cult which has become mainstream religion. :)
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