Computers: Hardware: Historical: Altair

Computers: Hardware: Historical: Altair_8800

Altair
Brief article on the history of the Altair 8800.

The First PCs
Kenbak-1; Micral; and Altair 8800.

MITS Altair 8800
Considered by many to be the first microcomputer, the MITS altair 8800 was based on a 2 MHz Intel 8080 with 256 bytes standard RAM and interfaced with the user through the octal front panel switches. This unit has an 8" floppy disk drive.

The SIMH Altair 8800 Z80 simulator
Altair emulator for PC and Mac.

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