... awe. Still, up till 1972, computers were only available to schools, businesses, and wealthy people who could afford them. It was in 1972 when Intel came out with the 8008 chip and it was able to process 8-bits of data, which was enough to convey numbers and and letters of the alphabet. Then in 1977, competition started in the computer world ... ...

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... do it. The company was interested in seeing his Basic so he began working feverishly on the programming that he had promised. Bill Gates, had neither the Altair nor the chip that ran the computer, but within eight weeks his program was ready and he sold the rights of the Basic program for $150 million dollars. (Before Microsoft) Since his early ... ...

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