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| Dr Henry Edward Roberts: Father of the PC's Death Posted: 04 Apr 2010 09:24 AM PDT Dr Henry Edward Roberts, the father of the personal computer died last April 1 due to Pneumonia. He is the main reason for the very promising career of some Microsoft founders like Bill Gates and Paul Allen.  Dr. Henry with his machine [Follow bugITs in Twitter] [Add bugITs from PLURK] [Subscribe to bugITS - technology news and updates] [Subscribe to EUTS: Everything Under the Sun] Dr. Henry build a machine named Altair 8800. He named it basing from the then-cutting edge Intel 8080 microprocessor. This machine is operated by switches and with no display. The two computer wizards, Gate and Paul, were interested of writing a software code to that machine. As a result is their so-called AltairBasic, this is the foundation of Microsoft's business today. Everyone in technology market is mourning for this lost. Not just Microsoft, so with Apple company. As what Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said, "Dr ROberts had taken a critically important step that led to everything we have today.  |
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