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MITS Altair 8800

MITS · 1975

The machine that started it all. The January 1975 Popular Electronics cover created the personal computer industry, the Homebrew Computer Club formed around it, and Microsoft's first product was a BASIC written for it. Front panel switches and lights, no keyboard, no screen. Among the most historically valuable computers there is.

As catalogued

Maker
MITS
CPU
Intel 8080-2
Memory
1K, 4K
Styles
8800, 8800a, 8800b, 8800b Turnkey
Regions
US
Chassis
blue and grey rack box with switches and lamps
OS
none, or Altair BASIC from tape

Chips

1
CPU
Intel 8080, Intel 8080A

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