ALTAIR 8800 -The Computers that started Microsoft & Apple

[superdave31]

did aple start by elling kits to make computers? or was it.. kit they put together , which formed a computer, and they sold the computer?

[Anox1e]

Thank you so much for this amazing video, TilTuli.

I'm 22 years of age, and I was only around with the Amiga, but I used my mum's commodore 64 and Spectrum. It's amazing to see the first computer ever to be built. I wish I could purchase an Altair 8800 from eBay but it seems it's so rare no one is selling it. but I love working with old computers and this video explains everything. Thank you so much!

[TilTuli]

@Anox1e You are welcome.

If you liked this video, Click on [More -> ] to watch other interesting videos on historical computer technologies at the "Computer History Museum Tour" playlist.

[OBSysteme]

@Anox1e Hey there is something better. how about build your own from a kit? just like the old days! some chap has started to make and sell the kits again! Its the same exact achitechture, except of 1 or 2 types of chips-resistors that are a different type for more reliability. I don't have the site but look it up on google. It's almost better than buying a vintage one, why? because you build it yourself, just like the people back then!

cheers

[urantivirus]

Seattle Computer Products made Quick and dirty DOS(QDOS & 86-DOS). Microsoft just baught out all the rights and continued to develop it. And you kind of make it sound like Microsoft developed the 8800.

[Bastige56]

I have the popular electronics magazine in my hand.

[cobrachoppergirl]

I believe BASIC was first pioneered on the LGP-30 or from languages pioneered on it in Dartmouth. Ergo, Dartmouth BASIC.

[Falador321]

everyone! Watch Pirates Of silicon valley!

[lordpoee]

Thats a good movie but it is NOT factual, it is simply a "Steve Jobs"/"Bill Gates" is evil movie.

[Desmaad]

Hey, a Kenbak!

[jorn89]

Go Microsoft, Go Apple, YES it IS possible to like both and know you've seen a small piece of their history you know why :)

[ineleganttheory]

Also, the apple 1 wasnt a kit computer, but rather a home designed or "homebrew" computer made by wozniak, in fact his philosophy of a "prebuilt" computer is the idea that took off that started sparking the all in one "you pull it out of the box and plug it in like a boombox and it just works" type personal computers :p

[ineleganttheory]

basic operating system? don't you mean BASIC interpreter?

[jakeharvey]

If it is the lowest level thing running on a computer that can otherwise do nothing at all, it counts as an OS.

[michaelmannequin]

I need to go here to complete my life.

[strawberryfields1982]

Wow thanks I've learn't alot!

[kimosaaaabe]

PET only gets a footnote but was announced before the APPLE II...Both used the 6502 CPU designed by MOS - a company Commodore owned...

[noobtrap3000]

lol that must be huge amount of pcs

[droadtrip]

I love this movie - I've seen it a few times over the last few months.

[TilTuli]

droadtrip - Thanks for your response.

All video clips which we did at the Computer History Museum (Mountain View California) are located at: tiltul{.}com/art/Education/Mus­eums/ see (part 1 and part 2.

[sg100000000]

where is this?

[CrazyTobster]

Great video. I learned a lot. I always thought the Altair just flashed lights in a order that the user program in. I was SO wrong

[superELRICBROS]

You should have focused more on recording the systems themselves, I couldn't even read the words. On a different note, there were alot of computers in there that I knew about! The Compaq Portable, the Osbourne, The Macintosh (obviously).