Altair BASIC is a BASIC language developed by Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and Monte Davidoff that was first introduced and announced as completed on January 2, 1975. Altair BASIC allowed people to create programs for the Altair computers.

In the picture is an example of the 8 K tape Microsoft used to deliver Altair BASIC.

BASIC, Microsoft BASIC, Programming language, Programming terms

  • Programming language history.
  • How to create a computer program.