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Forrest M. Mims III is an American magazine columnist and author. Mims graduated from Texas A&M University in 1966 with a major in government and minors in English and history. He became a commissione
Mims with 1970 model rocket equipped with the first MITS TX-1 telemetry transmitter in December 2005.
Forrest Mims preparing an Estes Big Bertha model rocket equipped with his radio-controlled ram air flight control system for launch near Saigon, Vietnam in 1967.
Forrest Mims demonstrates his infrared obstacle-sensing device at the Saigon School for Blind Boys in 1967
Forrest Mims created hand-drawn illustrations and hand-lettered text for many of his books and articles.
Henry Edward Roberts was an American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor who invented the first commercially successful microcomputer in 1974. He is most often known as "the father of the person
Forrest Mims
…1969 issue of Model Rocketry. Mims earned $93.50 for his first article as a professional writer and became a regular contributor to Model Rocketry. Ed Roberts worked with Mims at the Weapons Laboratory and was also interested in electronics and model rockets. Roberts augmented his Air Force salary with an…
Roberts in 2002
June 1972 advertisement for MITS Model 1440 Calculator
May 1975 advertisement for the Altair 8800 computer kit
Altair 8800 Computer with 8-inch floppy disk system