About the STARTUP Gallery
STARTUP is the first museum exhibition dedicated to the microcomputer - the little machine that revolutionized the way we live, work and play. The gallery features one-of-a-kind artifacts, video and interactive displays, including “Rise of the Machines” - an immersive multimedia theatre experience.
In the STARTUP Gallery
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Icons

The ubiquitous signposts of personal computing.
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Ed Roberts (b. 1942)

Creator of the Altair.
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Open to the public 11.18.06

Today's Artifact
Compaq Portable

Compaq Portable

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Did You Know?
Before they had 20 employees, Microsoft nearly lost everything in a lawsuit over their premier product: BASIC.
STARTUP: Albuquerque and the Personal Computer Revolution was conceived and generously funded
by Paul G. Allen and Jo Allen Patton. Additional support for the gallery was provided by the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft, and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation.
Opening events and programs were funded by presenting sponsor Intel and sponsor Bank of America.