Digital Research had promised to deliver an 8086 version their CP/M operating system by December 1979 but missed that date.
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At that time, Dan Meyer and Don Lancaster were among the most prolific authors in Popular Electronics.
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Bill Godbout Electronics in Oakland, CA was the parts supplier to many of the hobbyists and students from Berkeley.
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To meet the demand for assembled calculators, an automated wave solder machine was installed.
Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) produced the Altair 8800 in 1975, which is widely regarded as starting the microcomputer revolution.
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In 1969, Roberts and Mims, along with Stan Cagle and Robert Zaller, founded Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) in Roberts' garage in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and started selling radio transmitters and instruments for model rockets.