History of the Computer By 874443 1972 First high level program made by Intel Jan 1, 1975 1st personal Computer Jul 14, 1975 Bill Gates and Paul Allen make BASIC for the Altair 8800 Apr 1, 1976 Apple is created 1977 Apple 2 computer is made 1979 Visicalc is made and its the 1st electronic spreadsheet 1981 Microsoft makes BASIC for IBM for the IBM pc Jan 24, 1984 Apple makes the Macintosh