Help with getting an original Altai running: 8080A clock circuitry and MITS88 2-SIO board

[drlegendre .]

Sure, I'm glad to help - but bear in mind that I'm a technician, not an
engineer - and solid-state logic isn't even my field! ;-)

And please don't leave the other members out of the loop - they're some of
the guys who helped +me+ through +my+ project..



On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Kip Koon <computerdoc at sc.rr.com> wrote:

> Hi drlegendre,
> Care go be a sounding board/technician troubleshooter when the time comes
> for me to start this journey?  :)
>
> Kip Koon
> computerdoc at sc.rr.com
> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of
> drlegendre .
> > Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2016 5:39 PM
> > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> > Subject: Re: Help with getting an original Altai running: 8080A clock
> circuitry and MITS88 2-SIO board
> >
> > I'll not pretend to be any sort of Altair expert, but I did manage a
> fairly involved rebuild / restoration of one, about a year back. Here's
> > a link to the set of documents I collected in the process:
> >
> > https://nerp.net/~legendre/altair/
> >
> > My machine is restored to what you might call a "freshly built" state,
> so the only boards present are the 8080A CPU and a third-party
> > SRAM board. The front panel is also re-installed and working.
> >
> > I haven't been able to find (afford..) a genuine MITS RAM board for it,
> much as I'd like one. =/
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Kip Koon <computerdoc at sc.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Guys,
> > >
> > > I also have an original Altair 8800 that has not been powered up since
> > > I was in my late teens or early twenties.  I'm 56 now and I was
> > > wondering if anyone has put together a document for successfully
> > > restoring Altair computers specifically and retro style computers in
> > > general.  Any help is much appreciated.  I have a bunch of boards in
> > > mine.  Here are the pictures.
> > >
> > > <
> > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/88mp9wna3myb2ce/AABcNr_ne3ssgVSxR-_YiASva?d
> > > l=0>
> > >
> > > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Kip Koon
> > >
> > > computerdoc at sc.rr.com
> > >
> > > http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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