jan 1, 1975 - Altair 8800
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Roberts, Yates
kit or preassembled
using the 8080 microprocessor
open bus architecture ("Altair Bus or S-100 bus") bus had 100 connection points
4K memory card but could be switched
RAM chips were unreliable
Cromemco and Processor Technology were founded to provide reliable replacements for the RAM chips
8800b was an inproved version
started the personal computer revolution
had no software, operator used switches on the front panel to enter instruction codes and data (long, tedious and prone to error) (textbook)
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