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Bookmark or Share- The Altair 8800: The Machine That Launched the PC RevolutionWorld's First Minicomputer Kit to Rival Commercial models...Altair 8800" not only grabbed people's attention, but it also proved to be a vital spark in making the personal computer real for a...
- Inside the Altair 8800 vintage computer | TechRepublicIf not the first home computer, Ed Roberts' Altair 8800 was definitely the first successful one. Erik Klein, vintage computer collector and Webmaster of Vintage-computer.com, takes you inside the ...
- Altair 8800 - WikipediaThe Altair 8800 is a microcomputer designed in 1974 by MITS and based on the Intel 8080 CPU. Interest grew quickly after it was featured on the cover of the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics and was sold by mail order through advertisements there, in Radio-Electronics, and in other hobbyist magazines.
- Computer Museum of America -- Altair 8800Altair 8800. Released in 1975. Developed by Ed Roberts and Les Solomon. Original price: $500. N amed after the destination for the Star Ship Enterprise in an episode of the original "Star Trek" TV series in the 1970s, the Altair desktop personal computer enjoyed a brief, yet passionate fling with the hearts and minds of computer hobbyists.
- MITS ALTAIR 8800 - PC HistoryThe 8008 microprocessor alone cost $150; the more powerful 8080 usually cost $300. In spite of these costs, Ed Roberts proposed to sell Popular Electronics readers a complete Altair kit for only $397. But I am getting ahead of my story. Exactly how the Altair project got started is a major bone of contention.
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