Altair 8800a on EBAY

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Wed Oct 3 14:50:51 2001

When did the H-11 become available, and what did it cost?

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck McManis" <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: Altair 8800a on EBAY


>
> > >So what Was the serious computer to buy for that era?
> > >It would probably be impossibly expensive, leaving many,
> > >including the serious, without anything.
> > >John A.
>
> Obviously it was the H-11 from Heathkit. A "real" minicomputer rather than
> the Altair "toy." It could even run Fortan after you built it unlike the
> Altair that could only run BASIC until much, much later.
>
> --Chuck
>
>
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