Computers in the Stone Age

[wb2ssb]

I bought MBasic on a hot pink paper tape directly from Mr. Gates - i happened to bump into him at one of the first 4 computer stores on the west coast .... 1975 or 1976 ... It cost all of $12.00.  Loading it took a very steady hand and about 10-15 minutes of manually pulling through a little tape reader device ... Into my Altair 8800.  Fun times.

WB2SSB

Joseph Sanger, M.D.
Director, Radiology Informatics
NYU Langone Medical Center
Room D-107
Bellevue C & D Building
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> On May 28, 2014, at 11:59 PM, "Tony Estep" <[hidden email]> wrote:
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>> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Jack Brindle <[hidden email]> wrote:
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>> ... the MITS facility in New Mexico...
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> I bought a copy of Micro-Soft Basic ($400!) and called the New Mexico
> number to get some help on a new function in one of the subsequent
> releases. They had no help desk; my call was answered by Bill Gates himself.
>
> Tony KT0NY
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