The MITS company of Albuquerque, New Mexico used the newly-developed Intel 8080 processor to change ... The front panel circuit board The Altair 8800 Clone was started by Mike Douglas in 2012 ...

Ask anyone to name a first-generation home computer from the 1970s, and they’ll probably mention the likes of the Altair 8800 and IMSAI 8080 ... a brand-new DRAM board that’s compatible ...

When MITS introduced the Altair 8800–about 43 years ago–it spawned the first personal computer clone: the IMSAI 8080. The clone ... The computer has quite a few boards.[IMSAI Guy] has to ...

Meanwhile, the 8080 would get used in the first of the machines that would really gain the attention of the hobbyists who built the personal computer business, starting with the Altair 8800.

the Altair didn't come with any software. Geeks could tinker with it and toggle programs on the front panel, but there wasn't any real programming language beyond the Intel 8080 assembly language.

IMS Associates, which sold the remarkably similar IMSAI 8080 microcomputer, shipped 50 that year. But the Altair inspired more than knockoffs. The Commodore PET, complete with keyboard and monitor ...

Microsoft is celebrating its 50th birthday these days, and it all started with the Altair Basic program ... Gates wrote the code with Monte Davidoff on an 8080 emulator programmed by Paul Allen.