sag@lemm.eeM to Cassette Futurism@lemm.ee · edit-23 months ago[Thread] The Altair 8800 with its full kit, and the cover of Popular Electronics from January 1975. The first commercially available microcomputer!lemmy.likes.catimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up155arrow-down1image[Thread] The Altair 8800 with its full kit, and the cover of Popular Electronics from January 1975. The first commercially available microcomputer!lemmy.likes.catsag@lemm.eeM to Cassette Futurism@lemm.ee · edit-23 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoHad no idea they included keyboards. Thought it was programmed solely by the toggle switches. ?
minus-squarevaionko@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI’m pretty sure a keyboard wasn’t standard equipment. And it definitely couldn’t drive a monitor like that directly.
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Had no idea they included keyboards. Thought it was programmed solely by the toggle switches. ?
I’m pretty sure a keyboard wasn’t standard equipment. And it definitely couldn’t drive a monitor like that directly.