I remember the Alrair 8800 (1975)
With the mighty Intel 8080
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8080
I remember the Alrair 8800 (1975)
With the mighty Intel 8080
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8080
Well, everyone knew of the Altair, but I didn’t find the thing interesting until I read an article on the CompuColor, which sported the 8080A. I also helped key in Teeny BASIC for a fellow who built his own 10K Z80 computer back in the ‘80s, hooked up to a 9” Sanyo B/W Monitor with a raw keyboard with no case. The fellow went to Harvard and on to found his own dot-com in Massachusetts.
My pal at the time who also helped key in Teeny BASIC, wanted an Exidy Sorcerer. I went for color, he went for hi-res (768x256 B/W) and the Sorcerer had a Z-80 processor.
Cool! I also remember the Altair 8800. We had one in school back in 1977 or 1978 as I recall.
In about the same time frame, I also remember going somewhere where someone did a talk about that new-fangled fiber optic technology.
I sent away for information on the Altair 8800 from an ad in Popular Electronics, but never bought one (the benefit to cost ratio was way too low).
I eventually sold the brochures on eBay for some good money, though.