Are you an ex-MITS employee? Do you know any ex-MITS employees? We need to hear from you. Discussions are underway concerning the possibility of a MITS ...
After days of chip-level debugging sessions along with an Altair BASIC boot disk generously provided by Bob, I was able to boot and run BASIC last night. Had...
Congratulations, Craig. It's always the simple things that cause the biggest headaches, isn't it? I'm curious about your PhotoEZ project. After going to the...
... Correct - their sheets aren't large enough. Also, due to the small variations and inaccuracies in scanning, printing, etc, it is highly unlikely that I...
I'm considering creating some reproduction MITS documentation binders in something like 1 inch and 1.5 or 2 inch sizes. My initial thoughts were to duplicate...
... wrote: ... Hi, I am currently looking for an aluminum "8800 repro strip", if I can't get an original. But, I don't know where to acquire one. Could you...
... This was the email of the guy I bought mine from a month or so ago. At that time, he charged about $40 and $10 for shipping and the item was excellent. ...
... *********************** I've been wondering - do Jerry's repros have an embossed MITS logo like the originals? They certainly look good in his auctions. ...
... I don't remember it as having an embossed logo, but I'll double check tonite. Wouldn't want to dis a nice product :-) -- Craig Landrum Chief Technical...
The URL I posted for the PhotoEZ silkscreen kits is wrong. The correct URL where you can purchase kits and sheets is: www.photoezsilkscreen.com -- Craig...
I'm restoring some 88-DCDD and 3202 drive cabinets. The plastic doors and bezels of several drives are damaged. Does anyone have spare FD4XX or FD5XX drives...
Sorry, Tom- I have no spare front doors or bezels. As I'm sure you've discovered, simply gluing them back together just doesn't work. You need to reinforce...
OK. Item 5233325681 or just search on keyword "Altair". Also, this link may work. http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-MITS-Altair-8800-EXCELLENT-Condition_W0QQitemZ5 ...
... This is coming from John Woodall down at VintageMicros. I bought my 8800 from him piecemeal - he was able to supply a very nice cabinet and faceplate (not...
I may have mentioned to some of you that I had found a guy with some ASR33's and was buying a few. This was a referral from a fellow club member on the list...
Anyone know the back-story on the Altair at the Microsoft Museum in Redmond? Is it just a random Altair 8800? [Non-text portions of this message have been...
That came up on my search monitor today. The seller says that the power supply is "incomplete" I hope the price doesnt become unrealistic again.... Ive been ...
That sure is a clean front panel. The 4-slot motherboard is as-supplied for the 8800, but the 9-slot (not "8-slot") extension motherboard is not, nor are the...
It pretty much has the story of the PC around Microsoft memoribillia. It is small but very nice. The earlyPC's are there including Altair. Most of the early...
Just acquired a Burcom CP/M for Altair but it needs 56KB. That means I need a fouth 88-16MCS card for my 8800. If anyone has one they would be willing to sell...
Craig, I have one more I could let you have, I'll include it in the shipment, if you like? Just send what you think it's worth, it is a working board, they...
Hi, I was wondering if anyone might know where I can get the logo artwork reproduced for the front on my Altair 680. This was an original computer my late...
Hi, I saw from an earlier post on here about using PhotoEZ to silkscreen front panels. That looks so great to use and easy to handle. I'm going to get some of...
... FYi to Dan, don't order photoEZ from the Gwen Gibson website - that ios no longer active Order PhotoEZ from here: www.photoezsilkscreen.com -- Craig...
No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.16/83 - Release Date: 8/26/2005 [Non-text...
Dan- The blue "ALTAIR 680" lettering (see Tom's scans) seems to be one of the many variations of the "Peignot" typeface. I once bought a few sheets of Peignot...
No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.16/83 - Release Date: 8/26/2005 [Non-text...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
