3 Oct
2001
3 Oct
'01
7:50 a.m.
When did the H-11 become available, and what did it cost?
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck McManis" <cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: Altair 8800a on EBAY
>So what Was the serious computer to buy for
that era?
>It would probably be impossibly expensive, leaving many,
>including the serious, without anything.
>John A.
Obviously it was the H-11 from Heathkit. A "real" minicomputer rather than
the Altair "toy." It could even run Fortan after you built it unlike the
Altair that could only run BASIC until much, much later.
--Chuck