Micro History episode 1 - Ed Roberts and the Altair

Описание: In this episode, we look at the full story behind the first personal computer, the Altair 8800, and its creator, Ed Roberts. Join me for a deep dive into the industry and lore behind the computer that started it all.

Image and video credits:

TTL chips: Alamy Stock Photo: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-ls-...

PDP 11: Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/...

Full PDP-11 setup: By Kozan - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Marcian Hoff - By Dicklyon - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Busicom Calculator - By Swtpc6800 Michael Holley - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Busicom logo - By VectorVoyager - Own work This file was derived from: Busicom back 1.jpg:, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Intel 4004 - By Stelo.xyz, Pttn, or Thomas Nguyen, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Intel 8008 - By Konstantin Lanzet - CPU Collection Konstantin LanzetCamera: Canon EOS 400D, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Intel 8080 - By The Science Museum UK - [1], CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Ed Roberts early photos: Miami Dade County Public Schools Alumni:    • M-DCPS Alumni Hall of Fame: Tribute to Hen...  

Laser weapons research - Popular Science, March 1972

MITS logo: By Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems. Scan by Swtpc6800. Vector by Eirik1231 - Scanned at 300 dpi from MITS advertisement in Radio-Electronics April 1973, page 73. Chevron color from here., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

MITS prototype calculator 816: From Classic Computing: https://www.classiccomputing.com/Clas...

MITS production calculator - National Museum of American History (Smithsonian) https://americanhistory.si.edu/collec...

TI calculator image - VCALC.net TI History: https://www.vcalc.net/ti-hist.htm

Altair bus image - By Swtpc6800 en:User:Swtpc6800 Michael Holley - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Altair CPU board - S100 Computers - http://www.s100computers.com/Hardware...

Popular Electronics cover - Vintage Computer - https://www.vintagecomputer.net/altai...

Data General Nova front panel - Commodore Z - https://www.commodorez.com/nova.html

Altair front panel - Cromemco (Own work)

Les Solomon - Atari Archives - https://www.atariarchives.org/deli/so...

Amok time Star Trek picture - By NBC Television - http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/album..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Altair price list - FTL Design - https://altair.ftldesign.com/

Cromenco Dazzler output - nullvalue -    • Cromemco Dazzler running Kaleidoscope demo...  

John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz photo - History of Information - https://www.historyofinformation.com/...

Visual Basic box - Windows Dev Docs - https://x.com/WindowsDocs/status/1395...

Altair BASIC source code - Reuben Harris - https://github.com/option8/Altair-BASIC

Kill the Bit demo - deramp5113 -    • Altair 8800  - Video #3 - Kill the Bit Game  

Cash register sound effect by Modestas123123

ADM-3A Teletype By Chris Jacobs - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Star Trek screenshot - Timothy Colegrove -    • 1975 Altair 8800 Computer Loads and Runs S...  

Hamurabi screenshot - TechTinkering -    • Hamurabi and Similar Games on CP/M  

Altair Computer Notes - DigiBarn Computer Museum - https://www.digibarn.com/collections/...

Altair Computer Convention - Gil Press - https://gilpress.substack.com/p/first...

Altair Computer Stores - Altair Clone - https://altairclone.com/downloads/com...

Altair with Pertec Drives - By MBlairMartin - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Ed Roberts, Lee Felsenstein, Bill Gates, Harry Garland, and Roger Melen interview clips: Triumph of the Nerds (PBS / Channel 4, 1996)