altair 8800

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Sat Jul 28 00:26:35 2001

Dumb question, but what might an Altair 8800 be worth these days?

A friend is getting one from his father, who got it around the end of
1975. He asked me about sources for manuals and documentation, plus
sources for boards to upgrade the system. Further questioning revealed
that he wont get the unit until he travels back to visit the parents,
and that the unit apparently has a 256 byte memory.

This small scrap of information leads me to think this could be
an original kit built system, with the original memory and probably
hasnt been upgraded. If so, it could be a very dumb thing if someone
who is clueless decided to upgrade this system, when he may actually
have quite the collectors item in original condition on his hands...

I'll pass along any information, or sources of documentation or scanned
in manuals, that anyone can provide.

-Lawrence LeMay
 lemay_at_cs.umn.edu
Received on Sat Jul 28 2001 - 00:26:35 BST