Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast

Floppy Days Episode 2 - The Altair 8800


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Bill Gates' recollections of the Altair and Altair BASIC, history of the machine, specifications, peripherals, cost of the machine, magazines/books, connectivity to modern computers, emulation, simulation, replicas, current Web sites.

 

Links mentioned in the show:

  • wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800

  • Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer, by Stan Veit - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566640237

  • Gates' memories of the Altair on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqAg0GJLPGk

  • David Greelish, "Ed Roberts Interview With Historically Brewed Magazine" - http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Historically-Brewed-David-Greelish/dp/0615538126

  • Computer Notes - http://www.virtualaltair.com/virtualaltair.com/vac_comp_notes.asp

  • The Tenth anniversary of the Altair 8800, with Forrest Mims III (helped form MITS), January, 1985 Computers & Electronics - http://www.1000bit.it/support/manuali/altair/pe0185er.pdf

  • Cracking Open the Altair 8800, Cnet - http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-6204753.html

  • Altair Peripheral Emulator - http://home.comcast.net/~forbin376/

  • Altair32 Emulator - http://www.classiccmp.org/altair32/

  • Altair 8800 demonstration on YouTube, by Don Russ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAhp_LzvSWk

  • Virtual Altair Museum - http://www.virtualaltair.com/

  • SIMH Altair 8800 Simulator - http://www.schorn.ch/altair.html

  • iAltair and iAltairHD Emulator for the iPhone/iPad, by Peter Schorn - http://www.schorn.ch/ialtair.html

  • Hack A Day - http://hackaday.com/2010/04/26/altair-8800-pc-case-can-emulate-the-original-hardware/

  • Briel Computers (Altair replica) - http://www.brielcomputers.com/

  • Altair Group on Yahoo - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/altaircomputerclub/

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