Altair 8800b + drive alignment

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Wed Feb 4 11:18:56 1998

<From CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu Wed Feb 4 11:40:41 1998

<> This repair is one of the (I
<> suspect) many that will be required to bring the Altair back to life.
<> I've managed to get it (almost) firing up during the self-test stage
<
<"self-test stage"? Is this a turnkey model with a boot in ROM,
<or not?

ALTAIR 8800b (with altair disk controller) used a boot program or a boot
rom card and DID NOT have anything resembling PC self test(or any
diagnostics).

Allison
Received on Wed Feb 04 1998 - 11:18:56 GMT