I was 16 years old and working in Seattle's Retail Computer Store when this device came out. The store sold products from Altair, IMSAI, Processor Technology,

I was 16 years old and working in Seattle's Retail Computer Store when this device came out. The store sold products from Altair, IMSAI, Processor Technology, and a couple of other companies. I was thoroughly familiar with the 4K and 8K versions of Altair Basic and was surprised to find that the Compucolor's implementation had the same quirks and bugs yet claimed to be written by someone named Charles Muench. One day Bill Gates (I swear) wandered in to the store and I showed him what I had found. He typed a couple of commands (maniacally fast, as I recall) and verified that the Compucolor Basic was actually Altair Basic in disguise.