27 Apr
2024
27 Apr
'24
4:20 p.m.
The Altair 8800 used a microprocessor, the 8080, and came to public
prominence in Jan. 1975 in Popular Electronics magazine: "World's First
Minicomptuer Kit to Rival Commercial Models." I have the original magazine
from that era and I remember this quite well as it brought attention to a
mass-consumer audience - a device called a microcomputer though not what
PE called it! Here in Canada the price was very expensive but I had a dear
friend, an electronics engineer, who purchased one. It was very limited,
hardware and software-wise, and my friend found it a ‘nightmare’ to build
but what a momentous reward when it finally worked. To this 23 year-old it
certainly sparked my interest with what we now call classical computing.
Happy computing all. 🙂
On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 11:53 AM Tarek Hoteit via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I managed to find and buy a fair copy of the magazine
on eBay for $150 two
weeks ago.
Regards,
Tarek Hoteit, PhD
Principal AI Consultant
https://tarek.computer
INFOCOM AI https://infocom.ai
On Apr 27, 2024, at 07:42, wh.sudbrink--- via
cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I'm sorry to hear that. Some of the best parts of my S100 collection
came to me by way of either "please take care of this for me" or
"come get
this or it goes to the dump". Remember the old "classic computer rescue
list"? I suppose I've been fortunate that I have had storage space and a
sympathetic spouse.
On Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 10:14:35 AM
EDT, Bill Gunshannon via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 4/27/2024 7:43 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk
wrote:
Magazine cover january, and into 1975 the revolution. So I'd say all
year. Not one specific date
I had that magazine. Wish I hadn't thrown it away oh so many
years ago.
But even at that, nothing for me to celebrate. I couldn't afford
one then and I still can't afford one. The same goes for the
IMSAI-8080. And the Heath H-8 falls into the same category. :-(
bill