Altair 8800
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| Release date | January 1975; 44 years ago |
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| Developers | MITS |
| Manufacturers | Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems |
| Date introduced | December 19, 1974 |
| CPU | Intel 8080 |
| Introductory price | Kit price 439 US$ ($2000 in 2018); Assembled 621 US$ ($2900 in 2018) |
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| ID | 1172260 |
About Altair 8800
The Altair 8800 is a microcomputer designed in 1974 by MITS and based on the Intel 8080 CPU. Interest grew quickly after it was featured on the cover of the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics, and was sold by mail order through advertisements there, in Radio-Electronics, and in other hobbyist magazines.
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