In 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft, which would become the world’s largest software company. Gates’ first computer was a Teletype Model 33 ASR, which he used in his high school dorm room at Lakeside School in Seattle. Gates and Allen wrote a BASIC program for the computer, which they used to play games like tic-tac-toe and Hangman.

Did Bill Gates start computers?

Bill Gates is one of the most influential people in the history of computing. But did he actually start computers?

The answer to that question is a bit complicated. Gates didn’t invent the personal computer, …