On Friday 02 April 2010 13:26:41 Scott Granneman wrote: > http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6940595.html > > Haven't seen anybody mention this - Ed Roberts, the guy that invented > the Altair, the 1st real personal computer, died. > > He's an important part of history, in many ways. > > Bonus points - does anyone know where the name "Altair" came from?
A cheat: http://oldcomputers.net/altair.html Google is my "Big Brother" friend! Thank for the link. Great, but sad story. Jerry -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
