Forum: Altair 8800
09-20-2012, 12:43 AM
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Replies: 4
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About the SuperAltair board
Thank you for your replies.
If the SuperAltair board were produced, then it would remove the need for many other kinds of boards. I see to recall from a decade ago that there was a similarly...
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Forum: Altair 8800
09-16-2012, 11:06 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 431,139
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Forum: Altair 8800
09-15-2012, 01:55 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 431,139
Three questions about the Altair 8800 kit
Three questions about the Altair 8800 kit:
1) What's the status of the MITS 88-ACR board (audio cassette interface)?
2) Is the MITS 88-16MCS board (16 KB static RAM) a candidate for...
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Forum: Altair 8800
09-10-2012, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 254,489
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Forum: Announcements
09-10-2012, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 228,104
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Forum: Altair 8800
09-08-2008, 08:06 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 16,801
Then again, with the upcoming elimination of...
Then again, with the upcoming elimination of analog TV broadcasting in the US, it may be difficult to find a new television that can take an RF modulator output as an input.
But I'll bet there...
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Forum: Altair 8800
09-07-2008, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 16,801
Your quest: Find an RF modulator
Back in the Old Days it was rare for enthusiast hardware to be able to output to a consumer television directly because of the stringent standards set by the FCC for radio frequency generation in the...
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Forum: Chit Chat
04-13-2008, 02:48 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 61,493
More on buses and cards
Here's an interesting manufacturer site: http://www.vectorelect.com/
They have hardware for sale for just about every bus for prototyping and other purposes. They even have three different S-100...
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Forum: Chit Chat
04-12-2008, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 61,493
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Forum: Chit Chat
04-12-2008, 05:41 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 61,493
An early version of the Mac OS ran on a lightly...
An early version of the Mac OS ran on a lightly modified Lisa; the product was called an Macintosh XL and included a hardware mod that changed the original oblong pixels to square pixels. Its 68000...
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Forum: Chit Chat
04-11-2008, 09:04 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 61,493
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Forum: Chit Chat
04-10-2008, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 61,493
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Forum: Chit Chat
04-10-2008, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 61,493
S-100 and the 6502
The S-100 bus had too many problems physically, electronically, and logically. That's why it died out so quickly. Designed for the 8080, and not very well at that, it is a piling of kludge upon...
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Forum: Chit Chat
04-10-2008, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 61,493
68000 DIPs
It's Freescale that owns the 68000 IP, and they don't make DIPs of any kind. Old 68000 DIPs can be had, possibly salvaged from old Macs, Amigas, etc., for about US$20 each.
Anyway, a 68000 really...
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Forum: Chit Chat
04-10-2008, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 61,493
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Forum: Chit Chat
04-10-2008, 12:46 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 61,493
I have one of Vince's Micro-KIM boards and it...
I have one of Vince's Micro-KIM boards and it works as advertised. I'll probably get one of his 32 KB expansion boards to go with it.
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I'm continuing with my design for a 6502 (W65C02S...
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Forum: Chit Chat
03-27-2008, 05:15 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 61,493
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Forum: Chit Chat
03-26-2008, 09:34 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 61,493
Pseudo replicas
Most of the replicas mentioned are really pseudo replicas as they replicate original features with modern parts in more compact and simpler configurations. None of them can truly compete with...
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Forum: Altair 8800
03-18-2008, 06:38 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 46,238
A list of Altair S-100 boards
Perhaps this has been posted before, but here it is again:
http://www.virtualaltair.com/virtualaltair.com/vac_boards.asp
It's a fairly comprehensive list of Altair brand boards, and many...
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Forum: Altair 8800
03-17-2008, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 46,238
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Forum: Altair 8800
03-16-2008, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 46,238
Looks great; it reminds me of my 22 slot S-100...
Looks great; it reminds me of my 22 slot S-100 backplane in the IMSAI 8080 I put together so many years ago. The differences are that the front panel took up one slot and that I had only a few slot...
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Forum: Chit Chat
03-11-2008, 02:55 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 200,914
Another idea for a kit
Idea: A 6502/65C816 kit with a classical front panel.
It's been said that the 6502 CPU was the most popular CPU of its day. But to my knowledge there was never a 6502 kit with a classical front...
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Forum: Altair 8800
03-10-2008, 01:55 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 24,168
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Forum: Chit Chat
03-06-2008, 08:02 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 33,964
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Forum: Chit Chat
03-06-2008, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 21,644
Use the CCD camera, but run the video through...
Use the CCD camera, but run the video through some post processing to make it look like it was printed on scratchy 16 mm film from the Old Days. For further pseudo-realism, hire some actors dressed...
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