{"id":763,"count":14,"description":"The Altair 8800 computer was the first \"successful\" personal computer, with 25,000 units sold.\r\n\r\nYou can purchase a replica of one of these units from adwaterandstir.com.<\/a>\r\n\r\nAnother option is to build your own, although it's much easier to purchase the kit, and will look much nicer too.\r\n\r\nYou can program the Altair 8800 from the front panel switches.\u00a0 At first, this is how most users would originally program the machine.\u00a0 Terminals became less expensive, and more widely used.\u00a0 At this point, users would operate this computer in a more modern way.\r\n\r\nThe Altair had 8 inch floppy drives, but of course the 5 1\/4 disks came out shortly after (called a mini-disk).\u00a0 You could even run Hard Drives.\u00a0 In this case, 4Mb is a lot of hard disk storage.\r\n\r\nA common operating system for the Altair is CP\/M (Control Program\/Monitor).\u00a0 \u00a0If you use the command prompt in windows, or have ever used DOS (Disk Operating System) you will have no problem with CP\/M.\u00a0 A lot of the ideas from CP\/M are in DOS.\r\n\r\nBy using CP\/M, you will be able to run programs such as WordStar, or SuperCalc.\u00a0 These are an early word processor and spreadsheet.\r\n\r\nWith a WIFI modem, you will even be able to connect to the Internet.\u00a0 I use IMP Modem Executive to connect to telnet BBS (Bulletin Board Systems.)","link":"https:\/\/bryceautomation.com\/index.php\/category\/vintage-computers\/altair-8800\/","name":"Altair 8800","slug":"altair-8800","taxonomy":"category","parent":727,"meta":[],"yoast_head":"\nAltair 8800 Archives - Bryce Automation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How to use and program the Altair 8800 microcomputer. 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