CYCLOID faceplate for Altair computer...

[Bill Degnan]

Wow, some sleuthing.  I love those old classified pages
Bill

On Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 5:20 PM William Sudbrink via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> Finally found it:
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> https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1977/Poptronics-1977-03
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> <https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1977/Poptronics-1977-03.pdf>
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> Bottom of page 116 (PDF page 108)
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> From: William Sudbrink [mailto:wh.sudbrink at verizon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 5:53 PM
> To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
> Subject: CYCLOID faceplate for Altair computer...
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> I seem to remember this being discussed many years ago, but I can't find
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> Anyway,  there's an Altair on epay right now with a CYCLOID faceplate.
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> If I remember correctly, this is just a replacement plastic insert that was
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> sold simply to "freshen up" an Altair where the original had worn badly,
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> as so many did.  I've done a fair amount of searching but I can't find an
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> ad or other reference to the product.  Does anyone recall the time period?
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> I would assume it was at least a couple of years after the introduction of
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> the Altair. 78 or 79?  A pointer to an advertisement or one of those "new
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> product" paragraphs that many of the magazines did back then would be
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> most helpful.
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> Thanks,
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> Bill S.
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