Altair 8800 [was Re: Old word processors]

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From: Rich Alderson
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:27

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Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> writes:

> On 3/19/2018 10:31 AM, Quadibloc wrote:

>> The IBM PC was from 1981; before it, the Apple ][, CP/M systems, and 8-bit
>> home computers like the Commodore 64, the Atari 400, and the Radio Shack
>> TRS-80 were popular. The microcomputer era, at least in wealthy North
>> America, started even earlier, around 1977 with the Altair 8800.

> The Altair 8800 dates from late 1974 or early 1975...

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800

Cover of the January 1975 _Popular Electronics_, which landed in my mailbox
mid-December 1974.  My current place of employment is a direct result of the
article.

-- 
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