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December 19, 1974: Do it Yourself Altair Kit

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine aggregator, altair, altair 8800, Altair BASIC, Bill Gates, computer, home computer setup, micro instrumentation and telemetry systems, Microsoft, MITS, patents, popular mechanics magazine, RIAA, samuel clemens, stitcher, suspenders, switches, technology history, Telemetry Systems, turning point 0 Comments December 18, 2018

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1974 – Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) puts out the first ever “Do it yourself” Altair 8800. You would get it through Popular Mechanics Magazine, then assemble it yourself. This is a turning point in home computer setup. The price for an Altair 8800 kit – $397 – and it included Microsoft Altair BASIC.

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