[Regulator]

Uh, nice history.

Where’s the Altair (s/w provided by galactic a**hole Billy Gates and his nice guy buddy Paul Allen), Imsai 8080 (great for blinking lights), and of course, the Apple I, released in summer of ‘76. Eventually outsold all the others.

Trash 80 was actually a great little computer, BTW. People made fun of it, but it ran BOS and could actually DO things.

[dayglored]

> Where’s the Altair (s/w provided by galactic a**hole Billy Gates and his nice guy buddy Paul Allen), Imsai 8080 (great for blinking lights), and of course, the Apple I, released in summer of ‘76.

Indeed. And no mention anywhere of the IBM-PC, IBM-AT, etc. C'mon guys.

And I think you mean "Apple II" not "Apple I". The "I" was just a populated circuit board for techies. The "II" was the one that became popular.

[Dalberg-Acton]

In 1976, I worked for Teccor in Euless, Texas, and they had an Imsai 8080 hooked to a teletype so programs could be entered via a keyboard and saved to paper tape reels. I think that was the format used to distribute Gates’ BASIC program.