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Altair 8800 By: Falen Bell. Info On Altair 8800 Approximately $1200 First year of Production: 1975 Considered to be the first Micro Computer.

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1 Altair 8800 By: Falen Bell

2 Info On Altair 8800 Approximately $1200 First year of Production: 1975 Considered to be the first Micro Computer

3 More Info Blue Box shaped machine that measured 17x18x7 To enter programs or data, set toggle switches in the front No Keyboard, video terminal or paper tape reader First altairs came with only 256 bytes of memory, lacked output devices like printers

4 Operating System Used MITS Altair 8800 2 MHz, Intel 8080 with 256 bytes standard RAM and interface with the user through the octal front panel switches

5 Company Manufacturer: MITS ( Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems)

6 Picture of Altair

7 Picture 2 of Altair

8 References http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museu m/items/mits_altair_8800.html

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