[OT] Altair

[Sivan Greenberg]

I had a Spectra Video, and I do remember fondly for allowing to experiment
with fractal and all sorts of programming in BASIC.

 I recently watched the Steve Jobs movie and it was nice seeing how Apple
was promoting that stage of early personal computers.



On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 6:52 PM, D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy at vex.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:56:07 +0200
> Joe <test at joepgen.com> wrote:
> > Am 30.08.2016 um 13:01 schrieb D'Arcy J.M. Cain:
> > > On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:21:05 -0700
> > > Larry Hudson via Python-list <python-list at python.org> wrote:
> > >> I remember it well.  It's what I used to initially learn C.  I'm a
> > >> completely self-taught, hobby programmer.  Been around since the
> > >> MITS Altair.  How many remember that beast??
> > >
> > > Remember it and still have it in the basement.
> > >
> > I read a lot about the Altair in Byte in those days, but never had a
> > chance to touch it. Wasn't it horrible expensive?
>
> I can't remember what is was going for but I bought mine used for
> $1,000.  It had a number of add-ons including a keyboard and floppy
> drives.  The power supply was also beefed up.
>
> It also had a replacement bezel.  It seems that the original Altair's
> silk screened front panel was crappy and rubbed off easily.  Some
> company sold one but it says "Cycloid" instead of "Altair" on it.
>
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