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... MITS had sold 5,000 Altairs . The company was not content , however , just to let the orders roll in . Over the next two years MITS set up a net- work of dealers around the country . It bought a vacationer- style motor home , outfitted ...
... MITS had sold 5,000 Altairs . The company was not content , however , just to let the orders roll in . Over the next two years MITS set up a net- work of dealers around the country . It bought a vacationer- style motor home , outfitted ...
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... MITS devotees called it an " Altair lookalike . " At least one IMSAI employee of the time remembers it as a “ significantly su- perior machine . " Whatever its relative merits , it allowed IMSAI to gain a toehold , and eventually to join ...
... MITS devotees called it an " Altair lookalike . " At least one IMSAI employee of the time remembers it as a “ significantly su- perior machine . " Whatever its relative merits , it allowed IMSAI to gain a toehold , and eventually to join ...
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... MITS people like they'd just fallen off a tur- nip truck , " Eddie Currie remembers . Moreover , Pertec had made its money selling computer systems to businesses , and indeed had acquired MITS simply to " complete the package at the low ...
... MITS people like they'd just fallen off a tur- nip truck , " Eddie Currie remembers . Moreover , Pertec had made its money selling computer systems to businesses , and indeed had acquired MITS simply to " complete the package at the low ...
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