H. Edward Roberts Inventor of the "PC" Personal Computer Dead @ 68 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 04-03-2010, 05:08 PM

H. Edward Roberts, the man who invented the MITS Altair in 1975, generally considered by computer historians to be the first personal computer, died Thursday in Macon, Georgia. While not well known outside the computer industry, one of his employees, Bill Gates, came to define, and some say, control the microcomputer industry. Dr Roberts left the computer industry in 1977, later becoming a medical doctor. Gates visited him at his bedside shortly before his death.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/bu...03roberts.html

Marvo301 · 04-03-2010, 05:16 PM

H. Edward Roberts. And thank-you for your wonderful invention! I can't imagine life without my PC!

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