Ed Roberts (teknisi komputer): Perbedaan antara revisi

'''Henry Edward "Ed" Roberts''' ({{lahirmati|[[Miami, Florida]], Amerika Serikat|13|9|1941|[[Cochran, Georgia]], Amerika Serikat|1|4|2010}}) adalah seorang teknisi, pengusaha, dan dokter [[Amerika Serikat]] yang menemukan komputer pribadi pertama yang sukses secara komersial pada tahun 1975.<ref name = "AJC April 27, 1997">{{Cite news|last = Emerson|first = Bo|title = Doctor of invention Computer pioneer keeping it personal as a small-town doc|newspaper = [[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|page = M 01|date = April 27, 1997}} The article gives his date of birth as September 13, 1941.</ref> Ia lebih dikenal sebagai "[[Daftar tokoh yang dianggap bapak atau ibu suatu bidang#Penemuan|bapak]] [[Sejarah komputer pribadi|komputer pribadi]]".<ref name = "BBC April 2010">{{Cite news|title = Microsoft founders lead tributes to 'father of the PC'|work = BBC News|date = April 2, 2010|url = http://www.webcitation.org/68ffsof6t|accessdate <!= April 2, 2010|archive-date = 2013-11-09|archive-url http= https://newsweb.bbcarchive.co.ukorg/2web/hi20131109061106/technologyhttp:/8600493/www.stm -->webcitation.org/68ffsof6t|accessdatedead-url = April 2, 2010 yes}}</ref> Ia mendirikan [[Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems]] (MITS) tahun 1970 untuk menjual peralatan elektronik ke para penggemar [[roket model]], namun produk pertamanya yang sukses adalah peralatan kalkulator elektronik yang muncul di sampul ''[[Popular Electronics]]'' edisi November 1971.<ref name = "MITS 816">{{cite journal |last = Roberts |first = Ed |date = November 1971 |title = Electronic desk calculator you can build |journal = [[Popular Electronics]] |volume = 35 |issue = 5 |pages = pp. 27–32 }}</ref> Kalkulator tersebut sukses besar dan hasil penjualannya mencapai satu juta dolar pada tahun 1973.<ref name = "Albq Tribune April 1973">{{cite news|last = Lucas|first = Urith|title = Albq calculator firm to expand plant, triple number of employees|work = [[The Albuquerque Tribune]]|page = C14|date = April 20, 1973}}</ref>

== Karya ==

* {{Cite book|last = Roberts|first = H. Edward|coauthors = Forrest Mims|title = Electronic Calculators|url = https://archive.org/details/electroniccalcul0000robe|publisher = Howard W Sams|year =1974|location = Indianapolis|isbn = 978-0-672-21039-6}}

== Catatan kaki ==

* {{Cite book|last = Ceruzzi|first = Paul E.|authorlink = Paul E. Ceruzzi|title = A History of Modern Computing|url = https://archive.org/details/historyofmodernc00ceru_0|publisher = MIT Press|year = 2003|location = Cambridge, MA|isbn = 0-262-53203-4 }}

* {{Cite news|last = Lohr|first = Steve|title = The PC? That Old Thing?; An Industry's Founding Father Has Better Things to Do|newspaper = The New York Times|pages = BU1, BU12|date = August 19, 2001|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/19/business/the-pc-that-old-thing-an-industry-s-founding-father-has-better-things-to-do.html?pagewanted=all}}

* {{Cite book|last = Manes|first = Stephen|authorlink = Stephen Manes|coauthors = Paul Andrews|title = Gates|url = https://archive.org/details/gateshowmicrosof00mane_0|publisher = Simon and Schuster|year = 1994|location = New York|isbn = 978-0-671-88074-3}}

* {{Cite book|last = Mims|first = Forrest M|authorlink = Forrest Mims|title = Siliconnections: Coming of Age in the Electronic Era|url = https://archive.org/details/siliconnectionsc00mims|publisher = McGraw-Hill|year = 1986|location = New York|isbn = 978-0-07-042411-1}}

* {{Cite book|last = Young|first = Jeffrey S.|title = Forbes Greatest Technology Stories: Inspiring Tales of the Entrepreneurs|url = https://archive.org/details/forbesgreatestte00youn|publisher = John Wiley & Sons|year = 1998|location = New York|isbn = 0-471-24374-4|chapter = Chapter 6 Mechanics: Kits & Microcomputers}}

* {{Cite book|last = Zannos|first = Susan|title = Edward Roberts and the Story of the Personal Computer|url = https://archive.org/details/edwardrobertssto0000zann|publisher = Mitchell Lane Publishers|year = 2003|isbn = 978-1-58415-118-0}}

* [http://startup.nmnaturalhistory.org/gallery/item.php?ii=23 STARTUP: ''Albuquerque and the Personal Computer Revolution'' New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science]

* [http://www.vintage-computer.com/altair8800.shtml Altair 8800 Computer at Vintage-Computer Web Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210091503/http://www.vintage-computer.com/altair8800.shtml |date=2011-12-10 }}

* [http://www.altair32.com/Altair32history.htm Brief History of the Altair. Copies of Altair articles in ''Popular Electronics''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005221730/http://www.altair32.com/Altair32history.htm |date=2011-10-05 }}

* [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ed-roberts-pioneering-electronics-engineer-who-built-the-first-widely-available-home-computer-1957204.html Obituary] in [[The Independent]] by [[Marcus Williamson]]

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