Forrest M. Mims III was one of the founders of MITS in 1969. He developed various model rocketry kits and left MITS a year or two later. MITS later on contracted with him to write the Altair Operators Manual in exchange for an Altair computer. That Altair has been on display at the Smithsonian for over 17 years. He later on wrote a book called "Getting Started in Electronics" for RadioShack which was given to me in 1997. This book "got me started in electronics" and led me to eventually reproduce the Altair. So last week I received an unsolicited e-mail from Mims congratulating me on the work. : ) I'm probably a "youngster" compared to many here, but anyone else have an experience like this? Meet someone from the past through unrelated projects that all tie togther? http://www.sunandsky.org/MITS_History.php http://www.sunandsky.org/ http://www.forrestmims.org/ http://www.forrestmims.com/ Grant