15 Jul
2015
15 Jul
'15
2:10 a.m.
Hi Bill,
Thank you for contacting me. I'd enjoy collaborating with you on Altair restoration.
I took some photos a while back and put them in my dropbox at the following link.
< https://www.dropbox.com/sh/88mp9wna3myb2ce/AABcNr_ne3ssgVSxR-_YiASva?dl=0&g…
Take a gander and let me know what you think. My Altair must be one of the first ones
since the Front Panel is hard wired to the sectional backplane/motherboard - 3 PCBs of 4
slots each also hard wired together to which the power supply is also hardwired. So my
question is who do I make sure when I smoke test this Altair that all the smoke stays in!
:) I want an operational Altair not a smoke bomb! Any ideas?
Kip Koon
computerdoc at sc.rr.com
http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of drlegendre .
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 1:15 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Microsoft multiuser Basic for the Altair 8800
Hey Kip
I can't help you with the software, but I just finished an Altair restoration (my
first) a few months ago, and am still interested in getting
the machine connected and actually doing something interesting. The Altair was almost
totally below the radar by the time I really
started getting up to speed on micros, which would have been around 1983-1984 or so. This
one was sort-of given to me by a former
colleague of mine, around eight years ago. It was a total basket case, a real pile.. but
it seems to be sorted at this point.
It would be great if you'd let me follow along, keep in touch and let me know how
you're working to get the Altair linked up to the
term, getting the system bootstrapped, loading software, etc.. that's been a problem
here, figuring out the serial I card (or finding one
to replace it, that does have docs).
Best,
Bill
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Kip Koon <computerdoc at sc.rr.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
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> I have finally decided to restore my original Altair 8800 which has
> been in storage for over 30 years. Does anyone have a copy of
> Microsoft's Multiuser Disk Extended Basic for the Altair 8800? When I
> was in college in '79 to '81, in the computer room was an ASR-33
> Teletype and 3 Learseigler terminals connected to an Altair 8800B. An
> IMSAI was also there connected to one
> ASR-33 Teletype. I'd like to resurrect this multiuser Basic software
> environment on my Altair someday once the restoration is complete.
> Any help in securing a copy of all the necessary software would be
> most appreciated.
> Thanks a bunch in advance. Take care my friends.
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