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Page 52
... Altair and the computers that preceded it is hard to exaggerate . Even the minicomputers of the day were bulky machines costing several thousand dollars to buy and install . The Altair was about the size of an ordinary hi - fi amplifier ...
... Altair and the computers that preceded it is hard to exaggerate . Even the minicomputers of the day were bulky machines costing several thousand dollars to buy and install . The Altair was about the size of an ordinary hi - fi amplifier ...
Page 94
... Altair , the first computer small enough and cheap enough to be used by one person . He bought a copy , and promptly ... Altair , but they did have access to Digital Equipment computers that could be pro- grammed to behave like an Altair ...
... Altair , the first computer small enough and cheap enough to be used by one person . He bought a copy , and promptly ... Altair , but they did have access to Digital Equipment computers that could be pro- grammed to behave like an Altair ...
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... Altair and was look- ing for a way to avoid using his old manual typewriter . So he hooked the Altair up to a keyboard and began writing a program that would allow him to move words around on the videoscreen . He called it Electric ...
... Altair and was look- ing for a way to avoid using his old manual typewriter . So he hooked the Altair up to a keyboard and began writing a program that would allow him to move words around on the videoscreen . He called it Electric ...
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