RIP - Dr. Edward Roberts, inventor of the Altair 8800

[diskoboy]

The man that inspired Bill Gates, and brought us one of the very first personal computers has died at the age of 68.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362186,00.asp

[tom]

Uh that's bad, not so old either.....Where would Bill Gates be without him?

Interesting read about the MITS/Gates, Allen relationship in here:
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=246216&g2_serialNumber=1

[Greg2600]

Cheers to a great mind.

[AB Positive]

RIP - where would any of us be, really, without him?