The lights and switches are just a way to monitor and enter data into the registers directly. The vast majority of the time you are using a terminal (video or teletype) to actually use the Altair. In general, the only time you are using the switches is as shown here - just for booting and program loading. There is a bit-perfect version of the Altair 8800 called the Altair0Duino which is a great way to get into vintage computing. It comes with CP/M, Super Star Trek and all the other Altair goodies. www.adwaterandstir.com/
Amazing someone could have purchased an Altair 8800 in 1975 and if you kept current with the upgrades and updates it could have carried you as a main computer until the mid-90's.
Oh, a new Deramp video!
*stops everything else*
This is a great addition for the AltairClone, thanks Mike!
I technically do understand what the blinkenlights are for but I'm still amazed people can read and operate it.
The lights and switches are just a way to monitor and enter data into the registers directly. The vast majority of the time you are using a terminal (video or teletype) to actually use the Altair. In general, the only time you are using the switches is as shown here - just for booting and program loading. There is a bit-perfect version of the Altair 8800 called the Altair0Duino which is a great way to get into vintage computing. It comes with CP/M, Super Star Trek and all the other Altair goodies. www.adwaterandstir.com/
Amazing someone could have purchased an Altair 8800 in 1975 and if you kept current with the upgrades and updates it could have carried you as a main computer until the mid-90's.
What is CCP?
Console Command Processor, i suppose another way to express, what is widely known as Command Line Interface CLI :-)
Great video, I wish I could download it.
Oh boy more 8800
All I see is a lot of artifacts