http://www.altairkit.com/manuals/MITS/8800%20TIPS%20Beta%201.pdf In it they mention spraying your dress panel with flat Krylon Acrylic to protect the silk...
Was the 8800 capable of displaying graphics? Did anyone develop graphics boards for the S-100 bus? Were there any games that used even basic graphics like Pong...
So my RAM card needs some chips to fill it out. The existing chips are labeled Fairchild 2102 1PC. The date code is 7625. Is this a 21021PC or 2102PC? Or...
Hi All, I spent a few hours on the weekend messing around with my Cromemco Bytesaver card. I managed to successfully write to many proms, I've got two types...
I've managed to get a Cromemco 8k Bytesaver and I've been tinkering with it in my Altair. The card was missing an IC (no 5) a 7406, which I replaced, and it...
I know there are two schools of thoughts about Altair 8800 capacitors. School #1, is to slowly bring up the power in an empty system using a variable power...
I'm a little confused. Is it 020 or port 00 that it is looking for? I'm new to the Altair and just starting to do some heavy research and some of the...
Just hoping this email reaches you well, I'm sorry for this emergency but I just have to let you know my present predicament. I made an urgent trip to Madrid,...
I'm at a hackathon for new circuit design software this weekend. As a way-too-ambitious project, I want to design an S100 board to make an SDHC flash memory...
Several years ago I came across an original new old stock bare Rev 0 680 main board. Does anyone have a 680 display board complete or partial, working or not...
... Would anyone have the dimensions for this type of card ? I've been looking to make some boards for my Altair 680. I haven't heard from Grant in a long...
Finished (with help) my ME1702a ePROM programmer today, works perfectly. I have been able to read and write 1702a's without issue. The only problem I had...
Hi Folks, I'm pleased to announce a new article on my website, Tronola.com <http://www.tronola.com/> : Building a Simple 1702A EPROM Programmer I have...
It appears that there's a glitch in Yahoo's notification system. I'm not being notified when new/moderated members submit a message. As a result, their...
I need a cable to go from the MITS 88-C700 Centronics board to the back panel of an Altair 8800 (DB-25 female). Does anyone have one they'd be willing to sell...
Hey everyone, I saw a couple of posts related to Martin's 1702 reader/burner so I thought some of you might be interested in hearing my results with it. I...
Hi All, Does anyone know if it's possible to use the Cromemco TU-ART card as an alternative serial card to the MITS 882SIO? I've managed to get one of the...
I've spent some time on my Altain 8800 and I've removed some cards from it that I'm never likely to use like the parallel card and some of the original memory...
I found an EPROM in one of my 680Bt machines that is labeled "680CBL KCACR". This EPROM was located in the socket at address FD00; the machine also had the...
I have upgraded the firmware for the ME1702A EPROM programmer to support the plain 1702 and the 1701 as well. It looks fine on the 'scope, but I would sure...
my thanks to everyone that offered information about getting one of these switches. i have a replacement (and a spare) in my hands. now all that's left to do...
i know this has come up a million times before, so what's one more. does anyone have a bottom row switch (or two) for an 8800B and would be willing to part...
Interfacing diskette drives to an Altair has been a personal project since 1979. MITS controllers are required to run MITS software. Using MITS controllers...
