Altair 8800a on EBAY

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Wed Oct 3 14:54:43 2001

The Altair ad in Pop-Tronics or popular mechanics or whatever, came out in '75,
didn't it? Once the Altair was "out there" a number of computer makers came out
with their own versions of S-100-based machine, e.g. th Alpha-Micro, which was
reputed to be every bit competitive with the '11's. I don't know how they
compared in cost, however. The AM was "sort-of" S-100, in that it used S-100
memory, but I can't say whether it worked with other devices.

The Alpha Micro was pretty sought-after among the lip-service, but I never saw
one in someone's possession.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Ford" <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: Altair 8800a on EBAY


> >Richard Erlacher said:
> >> The Altair was never a computer that one interested in computing
> >> would have bought for what the kit cost....
> >
> >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.
>
> DEC something?
> Tandy 10?
> Basic4?
>
> Rotten core, I can't remember the one I really want to, Micron 100, maybe
> something with an A or T at the start, but it was a whole chassis with
> smoked glass doors etc., not some hobby machine.
>
>
>
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