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Image of Atari 800 personal computer, ca. 1979, owned by Ric Weiland, one of the Microsoft's first employees

Atari 800 personal computer, ca. 1979, owned by Ric Weiland, one of the Microsoft's first employees

Mr. Weiland was one of Microsoft's first five employees and a philanthropist, serving on the Pride Foundation's Board of Directors from 1997 to 2002. Mr. Weiland worked as a programmer at Microsoft from 1975 to 1988, also attending Harvard Business School during that time. He was a lead programmer and developer for the BASIC and COBOL products, and worked as…
ID Number:2007.9.2
Date:Circa 1979
Image of Atari 810 disk drive, ca. 1980, owned by Ric Weiland, one of Microsoft's first employees

Atari 810 disk drive, ca. 1980, owned by Ric Weiland, one of Microsoft's first employees

Mr. Weiland was one of Microsoft's first five employees and a philanthropist, serving on the Pride Foundation's Board of Directors from 1997 to 2002. Mr. Weiland worked as a programmer at Microsoft from 1975 to 1988, also attending Harvard Business School during that time. He was a lead programmer and developer for the BASIC and COBOL products, and worked as…
ID Number:2007.9.3
Date:Circa 1980
Image of Atari 850 interface module, ca. 1980, owned by Ric Weiland, one of Microsoft's first employees

Atari 850 interface module, ca. 1980, owned by Ric Weiland, one of Microsoft's first employees

Mr. Weiland was one of Microsoft's first five employees and a philanthropist, serving on the Pride Foundation's Board of Directors from 1997 to 2002. Mr. Weiland worked as a programmer at Microsoft from 1975 to 1988, also attending Harvard Business School during that time. He was a lead programmer and developer for the BASIC and COBOL products, and worked as…
ID Number:2007.9.4
Date:Circa 1980
Image of TV to Game Switchbox used on an Atari Computer 800, ca. 1980

TV to Game Switchbox used on an Atari Computer 800, ca. 1980

The Atari 800 was designed to compete with Apple Computer's home computing machines. This switchbox, from the Ric Weiland collection, was used to connect the computer to the television set which was used as the monitor. Mr. Weiland was one of Microsoft's first five employees and a philanthropist, serving on the Pride Foundation's Board of Directors from 1997 to 2002.
ID Number:2007.9.7
Date:Circa 1980
Image of Atari Assembler Editor Computing Language cartridge, 1979

Atari Assembler Editor Computing Language cartridge, 1979

This cartridge was used with the Atari 800 computer to edit, assemble, and debug programs for Atari 8-bit home computers. It is from the Ric Weiland collection. Mr. Weiland was one of Microsoft's first five employees and a philanthropist, serving on the Pride Foundation's Board of Directors from 1997 to 2002.
ID Number:2007.9.40
Date:1979
Image of Atari Basic Computing Language cartridge, ca. 1980

Atari Basic Computing Language cartridge, ca. 1980

The BASIC computing language was the standard for home computers in the late 1970s to early 1980s. This cartridge, from the Ric Weiland collection, contains a new version of BASIC developed by Atari in 1978. This cartridge is from the Ric Weiland. Mr. Weiland was one of Microsoft's first five employees and a philanthropist, serving on the Pride Foundation's Board…
ID Number:2007.9.41
Date:Circa 1980

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