Popular Electronics Altair 8800 I and II
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The magazine articles that brought the idea of a personal computer to the masses
I think most of the people interested in this are what we call today ‘techies’ or ‘geeks’, I hesitate to include ‘nerds’ because they were probably already into the microcomputer/personal computer scene
The computer described in this article was just an idea at this point, and from the advertising and marketing, the end user expected what was later the standard Z-80 System with 64K of memory and CPM 2.2 – at this point, I think the industry was a few years away from that dream
In full disclosure, I would probably be included in all three groups mentioned above……
Popular Electronics Altair 8800 part I
Popular Electronics Altair 8800 part II
Popular Electronics Altair 8800 I and II
