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Anyone know about this Altair Rom Basic card on ebay ? http://tinyurl.com/yflzrpy Have these Roms been archived already ? Also, I'm not sure which manual to...
5 Nov 21, 2009
12:05 am

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Look at back panel on eBay item 250511097751, was that a standard layout for any version of 8800? It doesn't match any of the ones I've seen. Also, it looks...
3 Oct 12, 2009
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Michael Gregory
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Does anyone have the manual for the 88-RBM board that holds Altair BASIC in ROM? I'd like to buy a copy if you do!...
1 Sep 25, 2009
6:07 pm

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Hi All; I just got Altair Disk Basic Ver. 5 to serially load on my machine !!!! It asks for 'Memorysize ?' and I respond with a 'CR' ,then after a little...
10 Sep 25, 2009
3:27 pm

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If anyone has one, I'd like to buy a copy, or at least use it to generate a new SYSTEM disk. I have MOD I diskettes in exchange. I use them in my SOL-20....
2 Sep 12, 2009
4:05 pm

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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the altaircomputerclub group. File :...
19 Sep 12, 2009
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Hi All; Does Anyone have any information (Schematics, documention) on the Meca Alpha one Cassette system ? I origionally Bought mine at the Lincoln, Nebraska...
1 Sep 11, 2009
4:33 am

geistmarty
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Hi All; The Boot loader I ended up using was from Don Russ , only I moved it up to F080 instead of 3f80, as origionally used in the program..... I will put it...
1 Sep 7, 2009
11:45 pm

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Hi All; I have typed in Altair Basic pip ver 5.0 and I ran it. I INI0 and it formatted and mounted the Disk... OK so far, I tried to SAVE the program that I...
3 Sep 7, 2009
5:41 pm

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Hi All; Does anyone have any other Altair Basic Programs, besides the two that I have -- one, is pip and the second is an editor program ... That were or are...
6 Sep 7, 2009
5:32 pm

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printing from extended basic isn't really a wash out just because you don't have one of the printers. back in the day, i had to get altair basic to print on...
2 Sep 6, 2009
5:32 pm

Derek J. Lassen
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Hi All; Does anyone have the Altair PIP Program , that I can get from them ???? and Where would I need to load it into Memory, I assume Above Extended Basic ?...
1 Sep 6, 2009
3:37 am

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Hi All; When I Step in and out on my drive, it seems to step in the wrong direction .... So which way is stepping out ?? Is that from Outside to Inside or is...
3 Sep 5, 2009
1:31 am

geistmarty
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From MITS 'Computer Notes' periodical, Vol1 #5 P19. They didn't know why, even when they were making them! Steve...
5 Sep 3, 2009
12:55 am

tdurston
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Hi All; I have another disk drive... And it has passed a couple of the routines, that are in the manual, it enables the drive, it loads head, it steps in and...
1 Sep 1, 2009
9:18 pm

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Hi all; I have confirmed that I.T.S. has my Drive that I sent them last week for Repair, it is the Pertec FD 400, from my Altair, I expect to get it back in...
4 Aug 27, 2009
8:42 pm

geistmarty
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Hi All; I am trying to get my machine to read 8" Soft Sector Disks, So far my progress has been very slow, at first I dried a Tarbell Single Density Disk...
1 Aug 22, 2009
11:35 pm

geistmarty
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Hi all; As I have been looking thru the posts , I see Burcom CPM for the Altair, is there a Binary for this ? It would be nice to get my machine running with...
1 Aug 22, 2009
11:13 pm

geistmarty
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Hi all; I am Marty, I have been interested in the micro-computer since they first Came out.. I had origionally bought an Altair 8800b kit new from the Lincoln...
3 Aug 22, 2009
12:53 pm

geistmarty
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Hi all; I see in message 312, that the UIO Board is mentioned, I never heard of it. And is there information on it , especially a schematic, that I could Wire...
5 Aug 22, 2009
2:57 am

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Hi Group- I am bringing back an inop PTCO 4KRA 4k static for my 8800. I was lucky finding a couple 91L02's but I still need a DM8836N/8T380. As far as I can...
3 Aug 21, 2009
10:14 pm

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Hi - I have been messing with a copy of IMSAI BASIC version 1.4. Is this version of BASIC not fully compatible with MITS 8K BASIC? For example, the following...
3 Aug 17, 2009
1:48 pm

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250480552028 I'm selling the programmer at the price I paid for it. I will be selling a Mini Disk Drive...
2 Aug 10, 2009
12:35 am

KB
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Does anyone know the dimensions and exact wording of the foil labels mentioned in the ACR docs? The docs say one reads TAPE RECORD OUT and the other is...
5 Aug 6, 2009
10:08 pm

Tom Lake
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Does anyone know where I can get the 10-pin female Molex connectors used to connect ribbon cables to the Altair boards? If not I could use the Molex Part...
7 Aug 2, 2009
12:46 am

KB
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Does anyone have the instructions for using the Multi Boot Loader? I see from the disassembly that it reads the sense switches but there's no note as to what...
4 Jul 23, 2009
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Tom Lake
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As I am downsizing my household, I'll sort thru it all and eventually sell it. Listing of items found (may be incomplete, still checking): 1 Altair 8800A/B...
3 Jul 23, 2009
4:47 pm

KB
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I have a 2SIO board with both ports. Port 2 is working with an RS-232 interface at 9600 bps with no problem. Port 1 is set up for 20 mA Current Loop for a...
6 Jul 20, 2009
2:09 pm

Craig Landrum
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Hi all, I was one of the engineers at MITS 1973-1978, and developed the COMPTER, ACR, 4K static RAM card and the floppy disk system. Any questions about...
3 Jul 14, 2009
11:36 am

Tom at Home
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I just put a working 8800bT on ebay, with 48K of Static RAM, 2 serial ports, Turnkey board with firmware, and a bunch of extras. Please take a look if you get...
5 Jun 22, 2009
7:34 pm

Steve
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