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	www.voww.net - About IT - Micro Computers
		The owners of the system were then encouraged by the editor of a popular technology magazine to create and sell a mail-order computer kit through the magazine.
		The PC's use of a 16-bit microprocessor initiated the development of faster and more powerful micros, and its use of an operating system that was available to all other computer makers led to a de facto standardization of the industry.
		New voice-controlled systems are now available, and users may eventually be able to use the words and syntax of spoken language to operate their microcomputers.
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	Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		MITS was an Albuquerque, New Mexico company founded in 1968?
		Initially MITS was in the calculator business until about 1972 when Texas Instruments (TI) started to dominate the low cost calculator market.
		MITS created the Altair 8800, one of the first hobbyist microcomputer kits in 1973 and 1974 using the Intel 8080 microprocessor.
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	Telemetry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Telemetry is a technology which allows the remote measurement and reporting of information of interest to the system designer or operator.
		It is an enabling technology for large complex systems such as spacecraft boosters, oil rigs and chemical plants because it allows automatic monitoring, alerting, and record-keeping necessary for safe, efficient operations.
		Members of endangered species under study are now commonly equipped with instrumentation ranging from simple tags to cameras, GPS packages and transceivers to provide position and other information to the scientists, producers, activists, regulators, or other human agencies.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /te/telemetry.html (0 words)

	MSN Encarta - Bill Gates
		They licensed the software to the manufacturer of the Altair, Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), and formed Microsoft (originally Micro-soft) to develop versions of BASIC for other computer companies.
		The success of the IBM PC made the operating system, MS-DOS, an industry standard.
		In the 1990s, as Microsoft’s Windows operating system and Office application software achieved worldwide market dominance, Gates amassed a fortune worth tens of billions of dollars.
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		Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems, Inc. (MITS) sold a kit for the MITS Altair 8800 that enabled computer hobbyists to assemble their own computers.
		Although the Mac operating system had changed the interface between users and their PCs, many DOS users continued to hang on to their command line-driven MS-DOS operating system, and it would be several more years until the Windows concept caught on.
		For years, employers had included the operating systems and software names in their advertising for clerical and secretarial positions.
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	AICS Research, Inc., University Park, NM 88003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		These first personal computers were manufactured by MITS (Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems), a model airplane radio control company working out of a series of storage garage offices in Albuquerque.
		The System 2000 was built by fundamentally reorganizing the Intel 8080 code that drove the HP2645A Intelligent Terminal.
		The System 2000 proved to be among the finest standalone word processors of its time, beating out the IBM and Xerox entries in heads-up competition every time.
	aics-research.com /history6.html (0 words)

	www.voww.net - About IT - Micro Soft Corporation
		The company’s Windows operating systems for personal computers are the most widely used operating systems in the world.
		They licensed the software to Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), the Altair's manufacturer, and formed Microsoft (originally Micro-soft) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to develop versions of BASIC for other computer companies.
		IBM chose to pursue the OS/2 operating system (first released in 1987), which until then had been a joint venture with Microsoft.
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	Untitled Document
		Among the other not-particularly-successful contenders for the first micro were the Scelbi-8H, introduced in kit form in 1973 by the Scelbi Computer Consulting Company, and Jonathan Titus' Mark-8, which was a do-it-yourself project that appeared in the June, 1974 issue of Radio Electronics magazine.
		His company, called MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems), was struggling to survive, and Ed, in a last ditch effort to avoid bagging his dreams and getting a real job, scraped together his last resources and designed the Altair.
		The cute little all-in-one-box computer with an easy-to-use graphical operating system was a smash hit with thousands of new computer users who were intimidated by the techno-geekiness of most of the other computers on the block.
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	MITS Altair 8800 Simulator Configuration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) Altair 8800 was announced on the January 1975 cover of Popular Electronics, which boasted you could buy and build this powerful computer kit for only $397.
		Many laugh at the small size of the that first kit, noting there were no peripherals and the 256 byte memory size.
		But the computer was an open system, and by 1977 MITS and many other small startups had added many expansion cards to make the Altair quite a respectable little computer.
	simh.trailing-edge.com /altair.html (0 words)

	howard rheingold's \| tools for thought
		A system with backtrack, versioning, and links would create the possibility of a new way of organizing thoughts into words, a nonsequential form of writing that was never possible before computers, a literary form he called hypertext.
		Every document in the system has an owner, and every owner is paid "a whiff of royalty" whenever somebody calls their document from the memory and displays it in words, sounds, or images.
		The system was set up to collect data on its own operations, in order to test the hypothesis that a teleconference-like system could enhance the effectiveness of research communities.
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	Personal Computers: History and Development
		Also in 1977, the Central Program for Microprocessors (CP/M) operating system was developed by Digital Research and Gary Kildall.
		In January, 1983 Time magazine anointed the PC as the "Man of the Year," a designation by the editors that the computer had been the most influential newsmaker of 1982.
		Industry leaders included Texas Instruments, Timex, Commodore, Atari, Apple, IBM, and Tandy, with Osborne leading the way in the portable market.
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	Apple II History Chap 1
		The computer operating system is gradually transforming into a vehicle through which an application or Internet content is presented, much as a local radio or television station broadcasts programs and entertainment.
		Many computer systems were mainframes that worked in an environment that required a user to present a stack of punched cards to the person who actually operated the machine, and who would then deliver back to the user a printout of the results of the program.
		However, in 1972 Texas Instruments decided to not only produce the IC chips but also build the calculators that used those chips, at a substantial discount from what it cost their commercial customers, like MITS.
	apple2history.org /history/ah01.html (0 words)

	EARLY HISTORY OF THE PERSONAL COMPUTER
		It was called CP/M. Without an operating system a personal computer is a very awkward device to use.
		By the early 1970s there was a vast number of people who had had some experience with mainframe computers and would love to have a computer of their own.
		The story of operating systems for computers is told elsewhere.
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	microsoft's timeline from 1975 - 1990 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		While Hobbyists around the USA were trying to figure out how to piece together systems from parts found in electronics shops, MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) of Albuquerque, New Mexico, announced the MITS Altair 8800 on the cover of the 1st January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics.
		The MITS Altair inspired a new generation of technology enthusiasts, including Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who were among the first of these early hobbyists to realize that the key to the future of personal computing lay in the unlimited potential of software.
		But these early systems were hampered by hardware constraints and too slow to satisfy many of the early, inflated user expectations.
	www.thocp.net /companies/microsoft/microsoft_company.htm (0 words)

	MITS Altair Systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The MITS Altair microcomputer was the first personal computer available and sold in commercial quantities.
		MITS originally stood for Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems but this name was almost never used after 1975.
		Sold as both kits and as assembled units, MITS called the computer system boxes "Main Frames" and featured both Intel 8080 and Motorola 6800 CPU powered units.
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	Beginpc.com - Computer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The system tabulated the results in six weeks instead of the seven years it would have taken to tabulate the Census by hand.
		In this same year IBM introduced the 650, this was to become the first mass produced computer with 150 bought in the first year.
		In 1975 the Altair 8800 was made by Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS).
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	A Brief History of Computing - Products noteable for their technical achievement or popularity
		IBM therefore started work on their own P.C. This computer had to be a state-of-the-art machine in order to compete, but had to be produced very quickly due to the amazing growth of competitors.
		Some AT compatible systems designed before the standard was introduced ran the bus at 12.5 MHz which causes some expansion cards to run hot, therefore becoming less efficient and slower therefore eventually 'tripping over' and violently crashing the computer.
		These systems (except the Model 30) included a completely new bus, the MCA (Micro Channel Architecture) bus, which did not catch on as it did not provide support for old-style 16-Bit AT bus expansion cards.
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	Microsoft, Business, Free Essays @ ChuckIII College Resources
		Microsoft's Windows operating systems for personal computers are the most widely use operating systems in the world.
		They licensed the software to Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), the Altiar's manufacturer, and formed Microsoft (originally Micro-soft) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to develop versions of BASIC for other computer companies.
		In 1991 Microsoft and IBM ended a decade of collaboration when they went separate ways on the next generation of operating systems.
	www.chuckiii.com /Reports/Business/Microsoft.shtml (0 words)

	History of Computing Industrial Era 1972 - 1973 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One of the first digital microcomputers available for personal use in the USA was the MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) 816.
		In a suit between Honeywell Information Systems and Sperry-Rand Corp. regarding the payment of royalties for the use of the concept of the computer, Larson found that Mauchly had derived his ideas for the computer from "one, John Vincent Atanasoff".
		Gernelle is awarded two worldwide patents on the machine in 1973 but the name "micro-ordinateur" or micro computer is not mentioned in the patents because of its novelty, as the story goes.
	www.thocp.net /timeline/1972.htm (0 words)

	Article
		She took me to an airline counter and spoke to a pilot, who then placed his arm around my neck from behind and dragged me behind the counter while hundreds of passengers looked on in amazement.
		If I want to take instruments for personal use, the cost is simply prohibitive.
		Model rockets also led directly to the formation of Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), the company that introduced the Altair 8800, the first serious hobby computer.
	www.sas.org /tcs/weeklyIssues/2004-06-25/editorial/index.html (0 words)

	MICRO INSTRUMENTATION AND TELEMETRY SYSTEMS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		They also made instrumentation kits for model rockets and RC vehicles.
		Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
		Specialty definitions using "MICRO INSTRUMENTATION AND TELEMETRY SYSTEMS": MITS.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Mi/Micro+Instrumentation+and+Telemetry+Systems.html (0 words)

	Solomon's Memory
		His father had a small company called M. (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems), which occupied the bathroom of Forrest's mobile home and manufactured small electronic gadgets for radio-control airplanes and model rockets.
		With this I would have a fully functioning system, including all the major parts a computer needs: a keyboard and screen (on the terminal), mass storage (the cassette), a processor, and both ROM (built-in program) and RAM (user-programmable) memory.
		In the summer of 1976 a new, easier-to-use computer was born, one with a self-contained operating system (no complex switches to get it started), built-in video capability, an integral keyboard and a small, typewriter-size enclosure.
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		He demonstrates use of a word processor, a hypertext system, and remote collaborative work with colleagues.
		They had developed an 8008-based computer hardware/software system for recording automobile traffic flow on a highway.
		It was written from scratch, supporting 10 MB hard drives, a tree-structured file system, and 360 KB floppy disks.
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	Altair32 Emulator Project - MITS History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems, founded in 1968 or 1969 depending on whether you talk to Ed Roberts or Forrest Mims) Altair 8800 was announced on the January 1975 cover of Popular Electronics.
		Today computer users and hobbyists express amazement at the size of this kit, noting that no peripherals were available and the memory size was limited to 256 bytes.
		However, the computer was an "open" system and within a year MITS and many other start-ups had created expansion cards (primarily through necessity because of the weak performance of the early MITS memory boards) to make the Altair a viable computing platform.
	highgate.comm.sfu.ca /~rcini/classiccmp/Altair32history.htm (0 words)

	NZOOM Technology - Technology News - New Zealand Technology News, Games and, DVDs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Other breakthrough machines such as the Altair 8800 by MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) are worth US$2,000 to US$3,000 in good condition.
		Trading is active on the Classic Computer Mailing List, an online community that has steadily grown since 1997 from the United States and Europe to include the rest of the world.
		These include certain portable systems, and hybrid notebook and pen-based systems that are coming out now.
	technology.nzoom.com /technology_detail/0,1608,159338-113-380,00.html (0 words)

	Timeline of Microcomputers
		At Texas Instruments, Jack St. Clair Kilby comes up with the idea of creating a monolithic device (integrated circuit) on a single piece of silicon.
		At Texas Instruments, Jack Kilby completes building the first integrated circuit, containing five components on a piece of germanium half an inch long and thinner than a toothpick.
		Texas Instruments announces the discovery of the integrated circuit.
	www.microprocessor.sscc.ru /comphist/comphist.htm (0 words)

	The History of Computers, From PC to mainframe - timeline
		This system was designed to use 'holes punched in paper' as a method of input, but the device was never built beyond the 'planning' stages.
		It retailed for $397, and the construct of it was a series of switches on the front of the box which controlled the 'on / off' state of a particular set of chips.
		The story unfolds as such: Kidall is not at home that day, and his wife and business partners refuse to sign anything that IBM presents in the way of a contract, or agreement in the development of this project.
	www.web-friend.com /help/general/pc_history.html (0 words)

	New Scientist Breaking News - Taking a trip down memory-chip lane
		The designers at Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems (MITS) only expected to sell a few hundred kits to keen electronics hobbyists.
		Just 200 systems were built by Steve Wozniak in 1976, each containing a 1-megahertz processor and 4 kilobytes of memory.
		He agrees that old computers provide a unique chance to understand a computer system in its entirety.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn7536 (0 words)

	Micro History
		A microcomputer and disk operating system by John Torode and Gary Kildall begins selling.
		Traf-O-Data has now become Microsoft and develops the first BASIC for the Altair computer (the Altair was developed by Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems [MITS]).
		We are now to the point where microcomputers started to become available to the general public and not just "hackers" who were willing to put up with the unfriendly user interface presented by the first micros.
	www.cknow.com /tutorcom/hist07_micro.htm (0 words)

	NCESA - Articles - Distributing our Technological Inheritance - 1
		And indeed, Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems, Altair's developer, could never have placed a microcomputer of any variety on the market without the long preceding period of technological incubation.
		This system is largely self-perpetuating: people with access to money and the power that comes with it are in a position to obtain more.
		The fortunes amassed by the industrialists of one era beget generations of family wealth.
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