first owners of the altair - Correct Answer-bill gates and paul allen
apple I and II - Correct Answer-built by steve jobs and steve wozniak
operating system stored in ROM
BASIC (Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) - Correct Answer-- introduced in 1964
- revolutionized software industry
- easily learned by beginning programmers
- became key language for PC
- led to creation of Microsoft
MS-DOS - Correct Answer-- operating system for IBM PCs - modified by bill gates
- PCs using Intel chip used MS-DOS
VisiCalc (1978) - Correct Answer-first electronic spreadsheet application
WordStar (1978) - Correct Answer-first word processing application
WordPerfect (1980) - Correct Answer-best DOS-based word processor, was eventually sold to Novell and later acquired by Corel
Lotus 1-2-3 (1983) - Correct Answer-added integrated charting, plotting, and database capabilities to spreadsheet software
Word for MS-DOS (1983) - Correct Answer-
introduced in the pages of PC World magazine on the first magazine-inserted demo disk