In what decade was the Altair 8800 released?
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1970s
Released in 1975, the Altair 8800 is widely credited with sparking the microcomputer revolution and the home hobbyist movement. It became so influential that a young Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft specifically to develop a BASIC interpreter for the machine.
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