After seeing it , Melen purchased Altair # 2 for his friend Harry Garland to work with .
The Dazzler came about in a roundabout fashion after Les Solomon , an editor for Popular Electronics magazine , demonstrated the original Altair 8800 to Roger Melen of Stanford University .
After seeing it , Roger Melen purchased Altair # 2 for Roger Melen 's friend Harry Garland to work with .
The Dazzler came about in a roundabout fashion after Les Solomon , an editor for Popular Electronics magazine , demonstrated the original Altair 8800 to Roger Melen of Stanford University .