CHM Revolution

Date Introduced

1975

Photographer

Richards, Mark

Dimensions

overall: 1 in x 1 13/16 in x 1 13/16 in

Manufacturer

Gates, Bill Jr.

Credit Line

Gift of Bill Gates, Jr.

Copyright Owner

© Mark Richards

Location

United States

Keywords

Gates, Bill; Allen, Paul; Software; Computer language; Homebrew

Object ID

102631998

Paul Allen finished his BASIC program while flying to Albuquerque with Bill Gates to demonstrate it to MITS’ Ed Roberts. Microsoft later created interpreters for many other languages and processors, though BASIC remained its most valuable product into the early 1980s.