Altair version differences - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

8 May 2003

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   One difference was the use of flat vs round toggle
switch handles.  The
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  round handles cut into your fingers and made them SORE
after toggling  in
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  long programs. My first Altair was a 8800 but had the
flat handles as  used
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  on the A model. Steve Gabley (sp?) was tracking Altair
serial numbers  and
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  differences. He said that my Altair was the highest
known SN for an  8800
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  and one of very few 8800s with the flat handles. You
should check  with him,
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  I'm sure that he could tell you a lot more about
the differences.  
At least some 8800a systems had the round switches. . . like mine. 

Erik S. Klein
The Vintage Computer Forum
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