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Old 12-17-2006, 06:15 AM
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Default Mark's Altair Kit (Ser#003)

Here are some pictures Mark has e-mailed me from the construction of his kit!



Opening the kit




Motherboard Kit




Soldering Motherboard kit
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Old 12-17-2006, 06:17 AM
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Overview of the 1k memory board kit




Trimming capacitor legs




Soldering the memory chip ICs
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Old 12-17-2006, 06:19 AM
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1k memory board completed




Overview of the CPU kit




Comparison of kit CPU PCB to real CPU board. The real board has extra parts added for an unknown reason.
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Old 12-17-2006, 06:21 AM
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Progress on CPU board




More CPU progress




Finished CPU board kit compared to real CPU board
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Old 12-17-2006, 06:22 AM
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Overview of Display Control Board kit










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Old 12-17-2006, 06:24 AM
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More pictures to follow after he finishes assembling his kit!
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Old 12-18-2006, 05:38 AM
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Following MITS's instructions here.






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Old 12-18-2006, 05:41 AM
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Mark will attach the name plate later.




The camera flash seems to have lightened up the paint!

More pictures later!
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Old 12-22-2006, 04:43 PM
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hi
just wanted to say kudos to Mark for taking the time to document his work and for sharing it here on the forum , the kit looks really great , thanks again , dana
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