The Altair 8800 Clone is a full size, fully functional replica of the computer that started a revolution – the Altair 8800. Whether used for personal or educational purposes, the Altair Clone is a great way to relive this important period in computing history and learn core computer science principles at the same time! The Altair Clone provides an accurate, hands-on experience without having ...

The following links include scans of Altair manuals, software for the Altair 8800, and support software for modern PCs. These files are an integral part of using the Altair 8800 Clone.

INTRODUCTION The original Altair 8800 is the best computing platform available for reliv-ing the birth of the personal computing revolution. You will find your new Altair Clone to be the next best thing!

The Altair 8800 is an ideal platform for reliving the birth and explosion of personal computing. Unfortunately, with the Altair's status as a collector's item, the going price for the computer is now $2,500 or more. In addition, keeping the vintage hardware running can be an on-going effort, often relegating the computer to a "keep your hands off" status. So to get this great …

The optional Audio Cassette Interface for the Altair Clone duplicates the functionality of the original Altair 88-ACR Audio Cassette Interface. The cassette interface provides the ability to load BASIC and to load and save BASIC programs using a standard audio cassette recorder. The same modulation as the original 88-ACR is used (2400Hz/1850Hz) so that tapes are …

The ALTAIR 8800 uses a 100 line bus structure for data transfer between the CPU and memory or I/O devices. This bus structure contains all of the data and address lines, along with the unregulated supply voltages and all control and status signal lines. Cards other than the CPU will have control of the bus only when addressed by the CPU. The schematic diagrams for the …

The Altair 8800 Clone can be used for a number of excellent demonstrations for topics including the history of computing, intro to operating systems, microprocessor basics, number systems, etc.

8080 Programmer's Manual 8080/8085 Programmer's Manual Hardware Manuals Altair 8800 Operator's Manual Altair 8800 Theory of Operation Altair 2SIO Serial Interface (88-2SIO) Altair Floppy Disk (88-DCDD) Cassette Interface (88-ACR) Altair Vectored Interrupt/Real Time Clock (88-VI/RTC) Altair Centronics Printer Interface (88-C700) 8080 Processor ...

Feb 7, 2024 · Maybe the original Altair's unregulated supply with the linear voltage regulators were just a little low -- enough that the R41 and R42 values worked? I'd like to understand the clock circuit a little better and why it would become unstable.

CP/M 3 for the Altair 8800 with Altair 8” Floppy Drives CP/M 3, also known as CP/M Plus, was released in 1983. CP/M 3 is the last version of CP/M written for 8-bit processors like the 8080 and Z80. By the time of this release, the IBM PC and MSDOS had been out for over a year and soon took over the personal computer marketplace.