Altair 8800b received

All: Today I received the Altair 8800b that I won on eBay last week. I honestly say that this is the first machine that I'm honestly afraid to plug in. It was billed as "working but in need of a good cleaning" which is an understatement. The interior is filled with greasy dust. Among the other atrocities buried therein: * two bus connectors (out of 10) have destroyed pins * poor repairs/lifted traces on the display control board * repairs on the other boards (CPU and two memory boards) in need of a solder reflow * the main filter cap was replaced with two smaller (but equivalent uF) caps which were unsecured, banging around the inside. These broke one of the card supports. * the top cover has three 3/16" holes drilled into it I've asked the seller to give me a rundown of the history of the machine if he knows it. On a positive note, the switches appear to be intact and the panel graphics seem to be OK. Now, I remember someone asked me to look at the CPU board for some sort of identification. The CPU board has the following designation: "MITS 8800b CPU REV 0". For those who keep track, this unit is labeled SN#5400280K. Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/