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Altair 8800 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Altair 8800 Computer with 8 inch floppy disk system. ... This was one of Altair systems exhibited by Erik Klein [2] ... 2007-07-31 03:12 Swtpc6800 1495×1349×8 (341010 bytes) Altair 8800 Computer with 8 inch floppy disk system.
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Considered by many to be the first microcomputer, the MITS altair 8800 was based on a 2 MHz Intel 8080 with 256 bytes standard RAM and interfaced with the user through the octal front panel switches. The unit shown here has an 8" floppy disk drive.
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The Altair 8800 Kit is built using the highest quality parts available. Every part is new or new old stock. Every part required to complete the kit is included except the power cord, which I do not want to include due to possible liability issues.
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The Altair 8800 was far from the first "Personal Computer" but it was the first truly successful one. The Altair is generally credited with launching the PC revolution in earnest. Microsoft was founded to make software (BASIC) for the Altair.
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The Altair 8800, from Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems (MITS) of Albuquerque, NM, was first featured in the January 1975 edition of Popular Electronics magazine. It is considered by many to be the first mass produced personal computer, although they were called micro-computers in those days.
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It is over 20 years since the debut of the Altair 8800 computer in the pages of Popular Electronics Magazine, but everyone connected with it tells a completely different story. Truly, "Success has many fathers."
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MITS Altair 8800 was one of the first home computers ever made, it was sold as a kit, but for additional money, you could buy one fully assembled. ... The ALTAIR 8800 had one input port (I/O address 254), which was the left hand 8 address switches, and one output port (I/O address 255), which has eight of the LEDS (while...
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29th October 2008 - Written by Lawrence Woodman ... The following installation instructions are only for the Altair 8800 and IMSAI 8080 systems. For installation instructions of the complete system, why not have a look at my previous article: Setting up z80pack to create an emulated CP/M system.
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The Altair 8800 was one such. The MITS guys took the prototype Altair to New York to show Solomon, but couldn't get it to work after the flight. ... {Bill Gates} and Paul Allen saw the article on the Altair 8800 in Popular Electronics. They realized that the Altair, which was programmed via its binary front panel needed a...
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