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Altair 8800 Microcomputer

Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems

MITS Altair 8800, the machine widely credited with inaugurating the personal-computer era.

Date: 1975
Collection: National Museum of American History
Reference: nmah_334396

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Record

Medium: Metal; electronic components
Origin: United States
Owner: Smithsonian Institution

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Made by: Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems A

Provenance and history

1975
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Sources

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