Traf-O-Data

Bill Gates and Paul Allen start the Traf-O-Data Company in 1972. The two young aspiring computer programmers develop an 8008-based computer hardware/software system for recording automobile traffic flow on a highway, earning them $20,000. Although Traf-O-Data is not a big success, it does lead to a job offer to work with a software development group at TRW.
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