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Always wanted to build your own Altair?

Postby crustyasp46 » Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:13 pm

Welcome to Briel Computers
Here you will find many fun and exciting kits for you to solder together. Our goal is your fun. Now you can enjoy assembling circuit board kits just like the computing pioneers did in the 70's and early 80's. We try to make low-cost fun kits for everybody. We are always here to help with any assistance.

Always wanted to build your own Altair but missed out during the 70′s? Well, now you can with the Altair 8800micro kit. It is a reduced size replica of the famous machine that inspired Bill Gates to start Microsoft. Program the emulated 8080 processor right from the front panel or run programs from a SDHC memory card!

Can’t solder, no problem. We offer a fully assembled and tested version for those who want to get started right away. Visit the store page to order yours.

The new 88-DSK RAM Drive gives your Altair 8800micro the capability to run CP/M in a virtual disk drive setting. The board contains 2 512K RAM drives that are battery backed. You can now load disk images stored on the SD card into the RAM drives and run CP/M software right on the Altair micro.


Altair 8800micro


System specs

Processor: 8080A emulated by ATmega8515 microcontroller

Speed: 16MHz emulating 8MHz processor

Power: DC wall wart power supply

RAM: 32K Static expandable to 64K with 88-DSK RAM board

ROM: none

Case: Aluminum front/rear panels painted front with silkscreen artwork. Plastic top/bottom

Term: VT-100 emulated terminal onboard (can be disabled to run external terminal)

Video: 80×40 VGA and 40×25 composite (can use both at the same time)

I/O: Keyboard port, expansion slot, SD card slot for program storage

OS: Altair 4K, 8K BASIC, Enhanced BASIC and CP/M (with 88-DSK RAM board)
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