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Altair 8800 kits went on sale December 19, 1974

by SeenNotHeard on 12/20/24, 1:04 AM with 1 comments

• by gnabgib on 12/20/24, 1:13 AM

  The 2008 wired article[0] covered this well, although the "today's dollars" part is out of date (in this article there's a typo). It was submitted without comment at the time[1] - the URL has since moved. In-depth on Make-magazine (2015) [2]. Popular electronics cover (1975)[3].

  [0]: https://www.wired.com/2011/12/1219altair-8800-computer-kit-g...

  [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=403102

  [2]: https://makezine.com/article/technology/the-kit-that-launche...

  [3]: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/197...