Altair 8800 reproduction

[Greg Beat]

Tom,
Grant moved shortly after this Kit offering, over a decade ago.  
That kit is OVER (Grant no longer offering).

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Grant special ordered the metal fabrication, at that time, from the original metal fabricators (Optima, $$), who have gone thru mergers & off-shoring.
Mike Douglas looked into that chassis possibility — but was cost prohibitive (>$300).

Mike Douglas offers BOTH the Altair Clone (you referenced) AND 
the Altair 8800c Kits (November 2018).  This case he had fabricated is a close look-a-like, but Lighter in weight.  Still the case alone is $300 .
This case does not have the internal Optima sub chassis (weight) and rails.
https://deramp.com/altair_8800c.html

Suggest you look at Mike’s multiple vintage computer offerings (web site) AND 
https://deramp.com/

His YouTube Videos (deramp5113).  Here is the Altair 8800c, shown November 2018
https://youtu.be/Q5LjkL5b4n8

greg
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From: Tom Hunter <ccth6600 at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion” <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Altair 8800 reproduction

About 10 years ago Grant Stockly in Anchorage Alaska produced high quality
MITS Altair 8800 reproductions in kit form. The website still exists:
http://www.altairkit.com/

I have tried to contact Grant but did not get a reply. Does anyone know if
these kits are still available? Is Grant on this forum?

Alternatively is somebody else making complete Altair 8800 kits? I have
found people making individual boards but not a complete kit.

There is also the Altair 8800 clone which is based on a PIC microcontroller
emulating the entire original Altair 8800. It is cute but not the real thing.

Thanks
Tom Hunter

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