Cracking open the 1974 Altair 8800

If not the first home computer, Ed Roberts' Altair 8800 was definitely the first successful one.

Erik Klein, vintage computer collector and webmaster of Vintage-Computer.com, takes you inside the Altair 8800 as he restores one of these classic machines.

(Erik has kindly allowed ZDNet.co.uk to republish his photos and descriptions. You can find a much more detailed description of Erik's Altair restoration and additional photos of the machines in his collection on his website Vintage-Computer.com.)