Re: Apple 1

[aw133@lafn.org (James Poore)]

In a previous article, fred_lisa_nospam@sprynet.com ("FredEE") says:

>Roger Sinasohn <sinasohn@nospam.ricochet.net> wrote in article
><69g37d$cr4$3@news0-alterdial.uu.net>...
>> . . .
>> Actually, I'd probably wet my pants if someone offered me a Sol (1, 10,
>or
>> 20) at a price I could afford.  It's one of the three machines in (iirc)
>> the smithsonian as the first personal computers.  (Apple I and (I think)
>> Altair? (or imsai?) are the others.) . . .
>> 
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>The Altair predated the IMSAI 8080.  The IMSAI appeared (I'd say) at least
>a year later and certainly is sexier (pardon the expression).  You saw the
>IMSAI in the movie "War Games". 
>
>I wonder what a working IMSAI 8080 would fetch (as in dollars, not
>instructions).  (I've got one.)

I remember the Altair (showing age here).  It was in the then Popular 
Electronics programmed with nothing but toggle switches.  I thought at 
the time, "This is a time saver?", apparently I was WAY off in my thinking.

We've come a long way baby!

Jim

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