To whom it may concern: I am a high school student doing research for a history project on the development of the personal computer. Through my research, I ...
I notice they have a photo section on this forum, so I just now took a picture of my Altair. The blonde computer in the picture is a much more modern version...
In the database section of this forum, I add an owners registration database for anyone who wants to list. (I hope that is OK since I am new here) Only enter...
I just found this Altair Yahoo group and thought I would say hello. In 2000 I purchased a working mint condition Altair 8800 for a little over $3000. I flew...
I'm restoring an Altair 8800 which I received without the thin aluminum MITS ALTAIR 8800 nameplate on the bottom of the front panel. The best reproduction I...
Hello, I just retrieved an Altair 8800B from storage, blew away the dusts, checked connections, etc. finally I powered it up, lights flickered in a promising...
After a l-o-n-g search I have finally acquired an Altair 8800! It apparently was one of the early models with the old style power supply and only has 2 (of 4...
Hello, I'm an owner of a Altair 680 It was origianlly owned by my late brother. This was a kit he bought back in the 70's I was just still a teenager and...
hozit people i stumbled onto the altair 8800 site as i was surfing. im puting togather a audio visual prisintation for my tec course and thought id do it on...
All members, I need some help locating a schmatic & parts layout for subject main board. The November 75 issue of popular electronics Altair 680 construction...
Hi everyone, I recently listed an Altair 8800 computer on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=2737118268&category=4193&rd=1 Please give a...
There's an Altair "8800" on ebay now at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2736643802 . It appears to be a relisting of the machine that...
Just in case anyone here is interested, I put my Altair 8800B on ebay just now. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2735484119 or just search...
I finally noticed the mini-disks for sale on ebay. Will these work with the regular disk interface boards? Or is there a minidisk board one needs? Can they be...
Any thougts out there? I bought a half populated tanner 64k static ram board. It uses 2016 ram chips. I am trying to get it to work in an altair with a Basic...
Hello, I have a couple of questions... I have an Altair 8800b with an 88-siob cassette interface, 88-sio 2 terminal card, 4k mem and 16k mem, processor...
Ah, sad Altair day. I just replaced the burnt capacitor on the 8800B front panel only to find out that my power supply is defunct. It seems that I've got...
A reminder about SPAM: It will be removed and its authors will be banned. In short, placing links, files, or messages that have nothing to do with old...
Has anyone found a good replacement for 8800B two position address switches? I've had a bad switch ever since I've had the machine, and never had the guts to...
Hello I have just joined the group and I am looking forward to gaining some new knowledge regarding the old hardware that I have. After 20+ years in storage,...
There's a pretty rare Altair on ebay right now at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2727111132 (ebay item #2727111132). It's called an "Icom...
Hello all, I just found this group while poking away at the net. I'm glad there's a community of Altair users/collectors. . . First off, I have a Vintage...
While we're on the subject of documentation, I wonder if anyone out there has a manual and/or a schematic for MITS' audio sweep generator. I would be happy to...
hey i was wondering if anyone here has the schematics for the altair 8080 or any hybrid of it available or would be willing to scan them for me? i really...
I'm not sure if this is copacetic but I'm selling my pride and joy MITS Altair 8800a on eBay at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3404786716 ...
I've just uploaded a full-sized hi-resolution scan of the cover of the January, 75 issue of Popular Electronics. For those of you who like to hang techie...
