1 Jun
2000
1 Jun
'00
10:25 a.m.
At 05:56 PM 6/1/00 -0400, you wrote:
Second hand as well, it was from the guy who started the first computer
club in Las Vegas when I was but a young lad (1977). I did however buy a
Digital Group Z80 system with my own money and became the youngest member
with a system in the club. (I've got the Review-Journal newspaper article
to prove it! :-) He had tried to order an Altair when he read about it and
was given the above excuse as to why it wouldn't be available for a while.
--Chuck
My version
goes that the Altair that was sent to Popular Electronics was
the only prototype and it got lost in the mail when it was returned. MITS
was forced to recreate large portions of the design from scratch and thus
delayed first shipments.
Not to pick on you, Chuck, but what's the source for your version. The
only documented story I'm familiar with is in Stan Veit's book, but that
is second-hand.