On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Timothy Wilson wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm working on writing a training manual for a computer education class and > I'm trying to relate some new technology back to the "good old days." > > Are there any geezers on the list :-) who can tell me what one of those old > build-it-yourself computer kits cost back in the 70s. I'm talking about the > pre-Apple ][ days. I'd also appreciate any information about how much memory > they had. I don't qualify as a geezer, but I do remember what you're talking about. I think you'd be referring most likely to the MITS Altair. I think it was 4K of memory, or maybe you could deck it out with 16K. As far as cost, I don't recall -- I want to say about $800, but can't recall for sure. MITS was located in Albuquerque, NM. Cheers, Phil M -- Lottery: a tax on people who are bad at math --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org