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Cracking open the 1974 Altair 8800

Erik Klein Tech Republic

Published: 27 Nov 2007 11:00 GMT

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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.)

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