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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. This unit has an 8" floppy disk drive. ... It was the Altair 8800, on the January 1975 cover of Popular Electronics,
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wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/mits_altair...
wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/mits_altair_8800.html
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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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www.altairkit.com/
www.altairkit.com/
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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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www.vintage-computer.com/altair8800.shtml
www.vintage-computer.com/altair8800.shtml
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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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oldcomputers.net/altair.html
oldcomputers.net/altair.html
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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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www.pc-history.org/altair.htm
www.pc-history.org/altair.htm
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Try the Altair 8800b; Altair 8800 ; See the inside; First year of production : 1975 ; Manufacturer : MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems); Price at Introduction: $395.00; Number Produced: Unknown ; ... The Altair 8800...
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www.syssrc.com/html/museum/html/altair.html
www.syssrc.com/html/museum/html/altair.html
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Altair BASIC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Altair BASIC was an interpreter for the BASIC programming language that ran on the MITS Altair 8800 and subsequent S-100 bus computers. It was Microsoft's first product (as Micro-Soft), distributed b...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_BASIC
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hardware; Altair 8800 ... and we call him Altair 8800. It is 18" x 17" 7 high and weighs the tremendous amount of 256 bytes ( that is a quarter K).It is said that this is the worlds first mini computer to rival commercial models. The Altair 8800 has a Intel 8080 CPU and is sold for 395 U$ or when you want it assembled 498 U$.
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www.thocp.net/hardware/altair.htm
www.thocp.net/hardware/altair.htm
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In January 1975, Popular Electronics magazine's cover featured a picture of the Altair 8800 computer - the world's first microcomputer which used the new Intel 8080 processor - sold mail order by a tiny company in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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www.cis.usouthal.edu/faculty/daigle/project1/1975malt.h...
www.cis.usouthal.edu/faculty/daigle/project1/1975malt.htm
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