File:MITS LOGO 1973.svg

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DescriptionMITS LOGO 1973.svg	English: The expired trademark of Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems, MITS. This company made the first commercially successful home computer, the Altair 8800, in 1975. This chevron logo was first used in April 1972 and was replaced by a split hexagon logo in February 1976
Date	7 December 2011
Source	Scanned at 300 dpi from MITS advertisement in Radio-Electronics April 1973, page 73. Chevron color from here.
Author	Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems. Scan by Swtpc6800. Vector by Eirik1231
Permission (Reusing this file)	This trademark of a design plus words was filed by Micro Instrumentation & Telemetry Systems, Inc of Albuquerque New Mexico on June 12, 1972 (serial number 72423353) and registered on July 16, 1974 (number 0988363). This trademark has expired. The word mark for "MITS" (serial number 73147999) was canceled June 7, 1985. The MITS advertisements that used this logo did not have a copyright notice so it is in the public domain.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	06:12, 8 December 2011		1,354 × 413 (33 KB)	Eirik1231	Changed it to better fit the original.
	17:30, 7 December 2011		746 × 400 (3 KB)	Eirik1231	{{Information \|Description ={{en\|1=The expired trademark of Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems, MITS. This company made the first commercially successful home computer, the Altair 8800, in 1975. This chevron logo was first used in April 1972 a