Altair 8800 For Sale

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Every week you see an Altair 8800 for sale on Ebay.

Altair 8800 for sale. If mine does not sell soon I will remove it for sale and put it on Ebay. Pricing for the Altair 8880 Clone is straight from 1976 with some great free stuff thrown in. All prices are in US.

Altair 8800 Emulator Kit. Free shipping for many products. Ive watched many sell over the last eight months.

This auction is for the following list of items. The MITS Altair 8800 was a computer sold in 1975 through popular hobbyist magazines like Radio-Electronics and Popular Electronics. An ALTAIR 8800 sold today on Ebay for 9001 and a few weeks ago one sold for about 10000.

Visit this page if one is not available you can sign up to be notified when they are. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Rare MITS Altair 8800 REV0 Computer at the best online prices at eBay. The Altair 8800b is the second generation of the Altair 8800 computer.

By admin on Apr03 2010 under Altair 8800micro. 2 x 16 MCS - 16K Static RAM Memory. DC wall wart power supply.

The MITS Altair 8800 is considered by many to be the first personal computer The Altair was designed by Ed Roberts the owner and president of Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems MITS in 1974 and sold as a kit for the cost of 439. Altair 8800 8-Bit Microcomputer by MITS c1974 aluminum case with removable top face panel with 36 LEDs 25 switches cooling fan additional power supply and interface cables at back containing 9. The Altair 8800 from Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems MITS of Albuquerque NM is considered by many to be the first personal computer - a computer that is easily affordable and obtainable.

8080A emulated by ATmega8515 microcontroller. The new board set was created for several reasons itemized below. The board set is sold as bare boards only the assembled versions pictured are for reference only.

MITS Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems had hoped to sell a couple of hundred to hobbyists and enthusiasts and were shocked when their niche hobby computer sold thousands in the very first month. Restored Altair 8800 Construction Manual Technical Manual Operators Manual as well as my own full color assembly guide with step-by-step instructions illustrating the assembly process. If you are looking for an assembled version they are sometimes available.

The designerEd Roberts intended to sell only a few hundred to hobbyists but he was surprised when he sold thousands in the first month. Altair 8800 Mainframe Computer complete with following boards. 32K Static expandable to 64K with 88-DSK RAM board.

Last edited by rdelaplante. This Altair 8800 was functional and complete but has not been started for 20 years. The Altair 8800c Front Panel board set is a drop-in replacement for the original Altair 8800 front panel board.

The high-end prices are for vintage Altairs not replicas. Additional information about the board set can be found here. I believe that people who bought Altairs in the beginning kept them long after they were obsolete for sentimental reasons more so than any other computer.

Over 80 hours has been put just into the documentation deleting copy machine specks positioning text blocks and page numbers etc The manual is printed on 28lb premium Hammermil paper and bound in a 1 D. In contrast with the first microprocessor based personal computerMicral the MITS Altair 8800 was extremely successful market product. Ive been watching Altair 8800 computers sell for 1600 - 4500 US on eBay and they sell FAST.

The 8800b CPU board uses the same 8080 processor running at 2 MHz as in the original Altair so performance is the same. 4-12-15 - Checking the Ebay sale -- it did not make the reserve price so hi bid was 9001 but no sale. Click on photos to enlarge.

DB-25M to DB-9F 10 Foot Altair to PC 10. 15995 24995. It provided a much higher capacity power supply and a larger motherboard with more slots.

1 x 88-S4K -. 16MHz emulating 8MHz processor. The prices hold steady between 1500-2500 meaning that demand is strong.

At this point in time there were no computer or electronic stores to buy your own computer. The only options were to build your own system from plans and designs published or sold in. Altair 8800 Clone Computer assembled 621.

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