24 Jun
1998
24 Jun
'98
4:18 a.m.
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Bob Wood wrote:
I have made contact with an individual who has
what he describes as an Altair 8800 which is
in an "Attache" case made by Icom in 1976. Would
appreciate any information about this "Attache".
Is it a very desirable thing. Were very many produced, etc?
Attache "Altair" is somewhat misleading. MITS never put out a portable
machine, however PERTEC made an attempt after they acquired MITS (and were
in the process of driving it into the ground).
The Pertec "Attache" was an attempt at an integrated S-100 computer. With
cabinet markings very similar to the MITS Altair 8800B computer, it used
the existing MITS CPU, Memory, and I/O boards, and the ICOM (another
acqusition) floppy controller for 5.25 inch drives. (although I do recall
seeing a unit or two with the standard MITS controller connected to 8 inch
drives)
It is an interesting unit as a representative item in the progression of
early production micro-computers.
No idea how many were made however...
It has MITS
boards (CPU, IO, disk controller) and power suppy.
He wants to trade it to me for an Imsai 8800.
Would that be a good trade on my part?
Well... if you don't take it... (big grin) point him my way! B^}
-jim
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