[Thread] The Altair 8800 with its full kit, and the cover of Popular Electronics from January 1975. The first commercially available microcomputer! (lemmy.likes.cat)

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Source: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_1325627

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[-] lime@feddit.nu 8 points 5 days ago

that unshielded CRT gives me anxiety.

[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 5 points 5 days ago

I know why you say that, but I thought it is cyber-sexy.

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

Cyber-sexy things give me anxiety.

[-] Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You should always use cyber-protection.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Had no idea they included keyboards. Thought it was programmed solely by the toggle switches. ?

[-] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago

I'm pretty sure a keyboard wasn't standard equipment. And it definitely couldn't drive a monitor like that directly.

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