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Title: Microsoft founders lead tributes to 'father of the PC'
Post by: Noreen on Apr 02, 2010, 13:21:58

QuoteThe "father of the personal computer" who kick-started the careers of Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen has died at the age of 68.

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

Title: Re: Microsoft founders lead tributes to 'father of the PC'
Post by: Rik on Apr 02, 2010, 13:24:11

We owe him a lot. :rip:

Title: Re: Microsoft founders lead tributes to 'father of the PC'
Post by: Simon on Apr 02, 2010, 14:38:14

Indeed. :rip:

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