Altair 8800
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The Altair 8800 is a microcomputer designed in 1974 by MITS and based on the Intel 8080 CPU. Interest grew quickly after it was featured on the cover of the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics and was sold by mail order through... Wikipedia
Inventor: founder Ed Roberts
Date introduced: December 19, 1974
Introductory price: Kit: US $439 ($2500 in 2023); Assembled: US $621 ($3500 in 2023)
Manufacturer: MITS
Units sold: 25,000