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Using a locally produced microprocessor based on the design of the Intel 4004. First built in 1972, a small number shipped in early 1973. [17] [18] Micral N: Intel 8008 [19] 1973: Awarded the title of "the first personal computer using a microprocessor" by a panel at the Computer History Museum in 1986. [20] Q1 Corp. Q1/Lite Intel 8080: 1974
The Mark-8 was introduced as a 'build it yourself' project in Radio-Electronics's July 1974 cover article, offering a US$5 (equivalent to $30 in 2023) booklet containing circuit board layouts and DIY construction project descriptions, with Titus himself arranging for US$50 (equivalent to $300 in 2023) circuit board sets to be made by a New Jersey company for delivery to hobbyists.
On the release of the Micro 440, Byte magazine wrote that it was the first third-party computer based on Intel's 4040 microprocessor. [5] [a] Although its initial price was only $275—or $100 less than the Altair 8800—the Micro 440 sold poorly, although it became somewhat popular at universities. Crenshaw surmised that the company had ...
As was common at the time, the Triton was originally supplied as a kit of parts for self-assembly by electronics hobbyists but was later offered assembled. It first appeared in the October 1978 edition of ETI magazine [ 1 ] with a full description, schematics and assembly instructions following in the November edition. [ 2 ]
Electronics Today International or ETI was a magazine for electronics hobbyists and ... the Motorola 6800 Microprocessor, ... as 'The Best Electronics Magazine in the ...
It was a massive, 32-edition collection that followed in the footsteps of the seven million similar sets purchased by academics, students and hobbyists throughout the company's 244-year history.
The Altair 8800 is a microcomputer designed in 1974 by MITS and based on the Intel 8080 CPU. [2] Interest grew quickly after it was featured on the cover of the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics [3] and was sold by mail order through advertisements there, in Radio-Electronics, and in other hobbyist magazines.
The Altair 8800 kit came with a front panel, a CPU board with the Intel 8080 microprocessor, 256 bytes of RAM, a 4-slot backplane and an 8-amp power supply for $439. [46] A 1k byte memory board was $176 and the 4k byte was $264. The serial interface board was $124 and the parallel interface was $119. The Teletype Model 33 ASR was $1500.