Indiana Jones and the...

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Tue Feb 2 18:42:06 1999

<The original design for the Altair as presented in those fateful issues of
<"Popular Electronics" had no bus or backplane, but was just four circuit
<boards wired together with ribbon cable. (as shown in a picture in part on
<of the article)
<
<It would seem, that true seekers of the 'Holy Grail' would be trying to
<determine if any machines in that original configuration were ever actuall
<shipped! And then the task would be to find one of those!

There were only a few and they were the prototypes.

<Now, THAT would be on a par with the Apple I ! Eh?

No that would exceed the Apple I as they are like flies (it was a
production machine) compared to prototypes.

Allison
Received on Tue Feb 02 1999 - 18:42:06 GMT