> Ted Nelson Bob Marsh | 1974 - Ted Nelson publishes Computer Lib Intel releases the 8080 Xerox releases the Alto John Torode and Gary Kildall begin selling a microcomputer with a disk operating system Radio Electronics publishes an article calling the Mark-8 "your personal minicomputer" David Ahl founds Creative Computing, the first home computer hobby magazine 1975 - Microsoft (formerly Traf-O-Data) writes the first BASIC language for the Altair Popular Electronics publishes an article describing the MITS Altair Bob Marsh and Lee Felsentein rent garage space in Berkeley, California, to conduct electronics projects Harry Garland and Roger Melen found Cromemco in Los Altos, California Homebrew Computer Group holds its first meeting in Menlo Park, California Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey holds its first meeting Bob Marsh and Gary Ingram found Processor Technology Southern California Computer Society holds its first meeting in Los Angeles Dick Heiser opens the first retail personal computer outlet, The Computer Store, in Los Angeles, California First issue of Byte magazine is published Paul Terrell opens the first Byte Shop in Mountain View, California