Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems, Inc., was an American electronics company founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico that began manufacturing electronic calculators in 1971 and personal computers
Transistorized tracking light for model rockets. The product that launched MITS
Sales had reached $100,000 per month when this advertisement ran in March 1973.
Altair 8800 Computer with 8 circuit boards installed. The Altair floppy disk system below has a Pertec 8-inch drive.
Many companies made boards that could plug into the Altair / S-100 bus.
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Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems
…the magazine and began writing software for the Altair, later called Altair BASIC. They moved to Albuquerque to work for MITS and in July 1975 started Microsoft. MITS's annual sales had reached $6 million by 1977 when they were acquired by Pertec Computer. The operations were soon merged into the larger company…
Microsoft campus, the company's headquarters, in Redmond, Washington
An Altair 8800 computer (left) with the popular Model 33 ASR Teletype as terminal, paper tape reader, and paper tape punch
Paul Allen and Bill Gates on October 19, 1981, after signing a pivotal contract with IBM
Bill Gates and Paul Allen's Original Business Cards located in the Microsoft Visitor Center