30 Jan
1999
30 Jan
'99
12:48 a.m.
At 07:13 PM 1/29/99 -0800, you wrote:
There is an ebay auction with two what look to be
Altairs, but the second
does not have the MITS "title bar" at the bottom. I thought this was
discussed earlier but I can't find it. Were the early kits, machines, or
??? supplied without the strip, or did someone build it and just not attach
that trip?
Some kits were not supplied with the "title bar". I have one that was.
I don't know if any of the "factory-built" machines came without them or
not but I suspect so since many of the "factory-built" ones were actually
put together in the back rooms of the computer dealers since the wait was
so long for real factory built ones. If the serial number ends with a K
then it was build from a kit.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=60303160
Is there a way to date when an Altair was made if the serial number is
missing or was not applied (type of motherboard, or other parts)?
Did all the early Altairs have the crude 4 S-100 socket boards, or did they
make some that were more than 4 sockets?
No the later A models came with 10 (I think) socket MBs.
Joe