American electrical engineer and founder of MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) who designed the Altair 8800 — the first mass-market personal computer kit — and sold it for $397 via mail order in 1975, triggering the personal computer revolution.
Created the Altair 8800 as a mail-order computer kit — solving the price problem by designing for the hobbyist market at $397 — which created the market that attracted Gates and Allen, Wozniak and Jobs, and launched the personal computer industry.
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