MITS Altair 8800a for sale on eBay - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

7 Mar 2003

Joe,

The RQM Systems Power-Start boot loader board has 16 'load address' switches 
(set to C000h), 8 'sense' switches, and 8 each called 'IN 376', 'IN
375', 
and 'IN 374' (obviously octal representation).  There is a 'Board Enable'

paddle switch on the right, tons of basic TTL and a 74S472 PROM (512x8 bits) 
with room for one more.

Probably loads the disk controller start code...

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 Message: 19
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 19:34:44
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
From: Joe &lt;rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com&gt;
Subject: Re: MITS Altair 8800a for sale on eBay
Reply-To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org

David,

    I looked at your auction. What is this > "one RQM Systems Power-Start 
boot loader board w/ 48 DIP switches"?  I had two Altairs and one had the 
MITs autostart board. It was a standard MITs EPROM board with one 
pre-programmed 1702 in it that contained the same code that you normally 
had to toogle in by hand. IIRC the code was only 48 bytes or some such. No 
DIP switches on it though.

     Joe 

As for your question below Sellam, I'll give you 3 guesses and the first 2 
don't count.

P.S. I'm unemployed.

David Gari

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 Message: 23
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 19:08:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Vintage Computer Festival &lt;vcf(a)siconic.com&gt;
To: &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt;
Subject: Re: MITS Altair 8800a for sale on eBay
Reply-To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org

Hi David.

Why on Earth would you be selling your "pride and joy"?

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer 
Festival 

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