Running Microsoft's first product on the Altair 8800, from paper tape

We run Microsoft’s' first product: MITS BASIC for the Altair 8800. It is as hard core as it is genius. You really had to be a visionary to perceive that this was going to be the future of computing. Bill Gates' interview at the Computer History Museum: https://youtu.be/CZEW2P4DBl0 Stuff that supports the channel: - Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/curiousmarc - Amazon links for the tools I use in the lab: https://www.curiousmarc.com/amazon-links - Channel merch on Fourthwall: https://curiousmarc-shop.fourthwall.com - Legacy channel merch on Teespring (I don't have everything transferred to Fourthwall yet): https://teespring.com/stores/curiousmarcs-store "Elevator Music" Credit: Crinoline Dreams by Kevin MacLeod Our lovely sponsors - PCBWay: fast turn PCBs, https://www.pcbway.com - Electro-Rent: https://www.electrorent.com - Keysight: test instruments: https://www.keysight.com - Samtec: connectors: https://www.samtec.com - R&D Microwaves: https://rdmicrowaves.com Get more technical info on the companion site: https://www.curiousmarc.com Contact info: https://www.youtube.com/curiousmarc/about Correction: 02:31 Brain fart. I meant, Albuquerque, **New Mexico**, soon to be known as New America.