About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Apple I, KIM-1, Nascom, Altair 8800, S-100 bus, TV Typewriter, Research Machines 380Z, Kansas City standard, Tangerine Computer Systems, Tangerine MICROTAN 65, Heathkit H8, Ferguson Big Board, Cromemco, Microprocessor development board, Datapoint 2200, Micral, IMSAI 8080, SWTPC, Newbear 77-68, COSMAC ELF, Explorer/85, AIM-65, Signetics 2650, Ohio Scientific, North Star Computers, MCM/70, COSMAC VIP, SCELBI, List of early microcomputers, Mark-8, SYM-1, NorthStar Horizon, Microprofessor II, SAPI-1, Kenbak-1, Compukit UK101, Cromemco Z-2, Educ-8, SS-50 Bus, Micro-Professor MPF-I, Elektor Junior Computer, Applied Digital Data Systems, Acorn System 1, Tandy 10 Business Computer System, ELF II, Telmac 1800, MEK6800D2, Fujitsu Micro 16s, NYLAC Computers, Telmac TMC-600, PMI-80, TEC-1, Regency Systems R2C, Cromemco XDOS, Microcomputer Associates, Incorporated, MYCRO-1. Excerpt: The MITS Altair 8800 was a microcomputer design from 1975 based on the Intel 8080 CPU and sold by mail order through advertisements in Popular Electronics, Radio-Electronics and other hobbyist magazines. The designers hoped to sell only a few hundred build-it-yourself kits to hobbyists, and were surprised when they sold thousands in the first month. The Altair also appealed to individuals and businesses who just wanted a computer and purchased the assembled version. Today the Altair is widely recognized as the spark that led to the microcomputer revolution of the next few years: The computer bus designed for the Altair was to become a de facto standard in the form of the S-100 bus, and the first programming language for the machine was Microsoft's founding product, Altair BASIC. This "Tracking Light for Model Rockets" project appeared in the September 1969 issue of Model Rocketry and was the first kit sold by MITS.While serving at the Air Force...
