Altair 8800

By: Falen Bell

Info On Altair 8800

Approximately $1200First year of Production: 1975

Considered to be the first Micro Computer

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

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

Company

Manufacturer: MITS ( Micro Instrumentation and

Telemetry Systems)

Picture of Altair

Picture 2 of Altair

References

http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/mits_altair_8800.html