How the MITS Altair 8800, a $264 RAM board, and some BASIC changed the world This week marked the 50th anniversary of the ...

Society A driver loses 8,800 beers during his break and a town wants to keep them for its festivities: Police act and solve the case Thieves stole thousands of beers from a truck in Tarragona. The ...

4. a drawing entitled: MITS ALTAIR 8800 (/) cpu diagram. It is dated 8-7-76. 5. a blank order form for MITS. 6. A letter from Pam Holloma, Marketing Manager at MITS, dated April, 1976, indicating that ...

Trace the evolution of PC graphics buses from IBM’s ISA to the current industry-standard PCIe and uncover how these interfaces shaped the rise of modern PCs.

This particular Altair was collected by the Smithsonian because it documents how hobbyists would outfit the machine with additional parts and components. The user added his own keyboard, monitor, disk ...