Altair 8800 Kit

[SKORPI0]

Just read the Feb 2007 MaximumPC issue (page 10).

AltairKit

Would you pay $1499 for this kit? Not sure how much the original was selling for when it came out.

 

[mugs]

$1500... yeah right!

Seems like a good thread to recommend these two movies:

Triumph of the Nerds - Documentary about the early days of the PC industry


Pirates of Silicon Valley - Docudrama about the same (featuring Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates and Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs)

 

[SKORPI0]

Altair 8800

Date Announced 1/1975. Approximately $400 in kit form, Approximately $600 assembled.

Couldn't afford it when it came out then, couldn't afford it now. :frown:

 

[mugs]

Hah - you could just download the emulator: http://www.altair32.com/index.htm

 

[Journer]

Originally posted by: mugs
Hah - you could just download the emulator: http://www.altair32.com/index.htm

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