In 1975, a primitive machine called the Altair, was launched in the USA.

1975年，美国推出了一台被称为“牛郎星”的原始机型。

At first he planned to use the same microprocessor that was in the Altair, an Intel 8080.

起初他打算使用与阿尔泰上一样的微处理器，英特尔8080。

He pointed out that the Apple, unlike the Altair, had all the essential components built in.

他指出苹果的产品与阿尔泰不同，所有的关键元部件都已经内置在机器中了。

Altair BASIC became the newly formed Microsoft’s first product.

Altair BASIC 成为新成立的微软的第一款产品。

Although computer hobbyists existed prior to 1975, the Altair 8800 really jump-started the movement.

尽管计算机爱好者在 1975 年之前就已经存在，但 Altair 8800 确实开启了这场运动。

By this time they had other competitors, in addition to the Altair, most notably the IMSAI 8080 and Processor Technology Corporation's SOL-20.

那个时候，他们已经有了阿尔泰之外的竞争者，其中最著名的是IMSAI8080和处理器科技公司的 SOL-20。

According to the legend, Niulang and Zhinu rose to become stars in the end, which are now recognised as Altair and Vega respectively.

根据传说，牛郎和织女最终成为了星星，现在分别被称为牛郎星和织女星。

Bill Gates and Paul Allen read the magazine and started working on a version of BASIC, an easy-to-use programming language, for the Altair.

比尔·盖茨和保罗·艾伦看了那一期杂志后，就开始研发用于阿尔泰的BASIC语言版本。

Like the Altair 8800, the Apple 1 was sold as a kit.

与 Altair 8800 一样，Apple 1 也是作为套件出售的。

Less disputed, however, is the first commercially successful personal computer: The Altair 8800.

然而，争议较少的是第一台商业上成功的个人电脑：Altair 8800。

The first commercially successful home computer was the Altair 8800, which sold in two versions: preassembled and as a kit.

第一台商业上成功的家用电脑是 Altair 8800，它有两种版本：预装和套件。

So, they hacked it together in just a few weeks without even an Altair 8800 to develop on, finishing the final piece of code on the plane.

因此，他们在短短几周内就一起破解了它，甚至没有 Altair 8800 可以开发，在飞机上完成了最后一段代码。

They used asteroseismological data from watching fluctuations of Altair's luminosity, which were in turn caused by the oscillations, and thus the pressure waves, inside the star.

他们使用了观察牵牛星光度波动的星震学数据，而这些波动又是由恒星内部的振荡和压力波引起的。

The air was clearer than yesterday. The morning was full of peace. I left the car where it was and walked along Altair Street to No. 623.

空气比昨天更清新。早晨充满了祥和。我把车停在原地，沿着牵牛星街走到623号。

At that first meeting was 24-year-old Steve Wozniak, who was so inspired by the Altair 8800 that he set out to design his own computer.

第一次见面的是 24 岁的史蒂夫沃兹尼亚克，他受到 Altair 8800 的启发，开始设计自己的电脑。

On the inland side of Altair Street the houses were well kept and fairly large, but the few scattered bungalows on the edge of the canyon were nothing much.

阿尔泰尔街内陆一侧的房屋保存完好，面积也相当大，但峡谷边缘散落的几间平房并不多。

In reality, however, Altair and Vega are separated by roughly 16 light years – meaning that if Niulang blows a kiss on Altair, it will take 16 years for Zhinu to see it on Vega.

然而，事实上，牛郎星和织女星相距大约16光年——这意味着如果牛郎在牛郎星上抛出飞吻，织女要花16年的时间才能在织女星上看到它。

When the male voice said: " Bay City Police-Smoot talking, " I said: " There's been a shooting at 623 Altair Street. Man named Lavery lives there. He's dead" .

当男声说：“Bay City Police-Smoot talking” 时，我说：“Altair Street 623 号发生枪击事件。名叫 Lavery 的人住在那里。他死了” 。

They contacted MITS, the company making the Altair 8800, suggesting the computer would be more attractive to hobbyists if it could run programs written in BASIC, a popular and simple programming language.

他们联系了制造 Altair 8800 的公司 MITS，建议如果计算机能够运行用 BASIC（一种流行的简单编程语言）编写的程序，那么它对爱好者来说会更有吸引力。

When Cowherd and Weaver Maid died, they turned into the stars called " Cowherd" (Altair) and " Weaver Maid" (Vega), looking at each other forever each side of the " Silver River" (Milky Way).

牛郎和织女死后，化作“牛郎”（牵牛星）和“织女”（织女星）的星星，隔着天河彼此相望。