The finished Altair computer had a completely different circuit board layout than the prototype shown in the magazine.

Their next project for Popular Electronics was to develop an interface between the Altair computer and a color television set.

Paul Allen and Bill Gates saw the magazine and began writing software for the Altair computer.

The most famous issue, January 1975, had the Altair 8800 computer on the cover and ignited the home computer revolution.

The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics had the Altair computer on the cover and this launched the home computer revolution.

It soon was, the authors got one of the first Altair computers and designed an interface for the camera.

The circulation was almost 600,000 in January 1985 when Forrest Mims wrote about the tenth anniversary of the Altair 8800 computer.

Roberts then developed the Altair 8800 personal computer that used the new Intel 8080 microprocessor.

He did some initial work with video and sound reproducing with an Altair 8800 computer.

Roberts agreed to ship an Altair computer to Melen so that he could get to work on the interface.