Popular Electronics
Popular Electronics was an American computer magazine published by Ziff-Davis . The magazine first appeared in October 1954 and was intended for hobbyists who wanted to deal with the topic of electronics. It quickly became “World's Largest-Selling Electronics Magazine”. It sold 240,151 copies monthly in April 1957 and 400,000 copies in 1963. The Ziff Davis Verlag published the magazine until April 1985. Gernsback Publications took over the title in 1988 and renamed the magazine “Hands-On Electronics”. This version of Popular Electronics was released until December 1999.
Probably the best-known issue of the magazine appeared in January 1975 when the Altair 8800 computer was shown on the cover and heralded the home computer revolution. Paul Allen showed the edition to Bill Gates , who then wrote the BASIC interpreter for the Altair computer and founded the Microsoft company.