The PC that started Microsoft & Apple! (Altair 8800)

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Today we take the personal computer for granted. Let's take a look at the interesting story of how it came to be.
Longer version (History of all computing): • The Greatest Story Eve...
Sources:
www.oldcomputers.net/altair-8800
www.computerhope.com/issues/ch... (to those that argue that the HP 9100A calculator or Francois Gernelle, Micral computer to be the first) The Xerox Alto was the first actual PC by far but was never released.
The Machine that Changed the World - WGBH Television of Boston, Massachusetts (1992)
Triumph of the Nerds - PBS (1996)
“Der Schweigende Stern" "First Spaceship on Venus” East Germany 1960
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebre...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_...
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@streetsking1 8 жыл бұрын

I like how you showed a picture with Steve Wozniak when you said Apple instead of Steve Jobs.

@warp00009 8 жыл бұрын

I still have my Altair - complete with all its manuals, custom wire wrap I/O board, ThinkerToys 1.2 MB 8 inch floppy drive, and upgraded to a Z80 processor - and the SOL terminal computer I built for it's I/O device. Also still have my original paper tape copy of Microsoft's first commercial product - Altair 4k Basic! All amazing stuff back then!

@americancitizen748 2 жыл бұрын

Gates wrote the 8080 machine language code for the BASIC language interpreter. Allen wrote an 8080 simulator on a DEC computer so they could test the BASIC source code before running it on the Altair. Both were critical contributions.

@jameswhyte1340 8 жыл бұрын

It's truly amazing how far we've come in technology in just a matter of a few decades.

@ColdFusion 8 жыл бұрын

Let's take a look at what is considered by many to be the first TRUE PC (i.e, not counting "desktop" calculators, unreleased or non-microprocessor machines) the Altair 8800. It's the computer that started a revolution and spawned both Apple and Microsoft.

@canyouhelpmereach300subswi7 7 жыл бұрын

they had room sized pcs, and they were amazed by the results, now we have pcs in our pockets faster than the old room sized ones, and we fucking want more

@AakashKalaria 8 жыл бұрын

When Coldfusion uploads a video... it's a good day!

@robertgreen3170 8 жыл бұрын

Does this bring back a lot of memories!!!

@OctaBech 8 жыл бұрын

:D I am glad that Xerox was mentioned in the description, they were truly ahead of their time, and Apple wouldn't have been where they are today without snapping up the talent. Heck they even eperimented with tech we are only started using in the mid 00's.

@bobnoturbusiness9156 8 жыл бұрын

Man this brings back fond memories. I never owned an altair 8080, but I eventually did own an Imsai one of their competitors (with cooler switches). :) It was an exciting time to grow up in.

@ColdFusion 8 жыл бұрын

Longer version (history of all computing):

@DBYNOE 8 жыл бұрын

I thought I heard 100 switches for 100 instructions, I think it would have been more than 900 switches, 8 for each instructions + 100 loads+ starting address + run + .... I actually used a similar machine (back then all computers had switch and light consoles for debugging and loading boot strap programs, really fun to see how far we have come in such a relatively short time.

@dymproductions 8 жыл бұрын

this and "in a nutshell" are my two favourite educational channels

@SproutyPottedPlant 8 жыл бұрын

This channel is so awesome! So glad I just found it.

@daimebaru 8 жыл бұрын

I think I just got some tears in my eyes. This is so impressive to watch and indeed it makes you thankful that now we can do the things we do on our PC's! Keep up the impressive work, always looking forward to your videos.

@PolarTorsen 8 жыл бұрын

Dagogo, your works are an inpiration! Those stylish intellectual videos combined with the music you put up on Bandcamp - what a talent! Keep it up!

@omermagen824 8 жыл бұрын

This comment took me 16,472,801 switches.

@warp00009 7 жыл бұрын

I still have my original Altair, and the SOL personal computer I used as its terminal device. I eventually upgraded mine to have a Z80 processor, 56K of memory, and a 1.2MB (8 inch) floppy disk. Originally 4k of memory cost $264 - big bucks in the mid-70's! I also still have my original paper tape copy of Bill Gate's "Altair 4k BASIC" interpreter too. As its name implies, it would run as the operating system in 4K of memory - and still allow you 750 bytes for your BASIC program. We've come such a long way, most people nowadays just have no idea!

@KrisRifa 8 жыл бұрын

As allways, you prove why your're the best content creator on KZfaq Dagogo! Glad to see your subscriber base has really grown :) Remember when you only had like 20k subs, and thinking "why the heck isn't this channel more popular?!". Keep up the good work, and I'm looking forward to all your future videos!