Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Trivia Question: How was the Altair 8800, the first retail personal home computer, sold?
The given options are:
- It never made it to market
- Mail order
- At conventions
Correct Answer: Mail order
Fact: In 1974, you could buy an Altair 8800 kit and build it yourself or get one fully assembled. But you had to wait for your order-by-mail computer to arrive first. The programming was done via Altair BASIC, the first software product sold by Microsoft.