{"id":40,"date":"2014-09-19T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/?p=40"},"modified":"2014-10-04T11:46:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T15:46:03","slug":"podcast-episode-2-altair-8800-and-kaypro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wordpress\/podcast-episode-2-altair-8800-and-kaypro\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Episode 2: Altair 8800 and Kaypro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listen along as David Greelish and Jeff Salzman discuss the history of the Altair 8800 and Kaypro computer. Well&#8230; at least listen to David&#8217;s clear, quality audio, along with Jeff&#8217;s misconfigured source microphone that sounds like he&#8217;s talking from a mile away! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>The Altair 8800 is a Tier One computer presented as the first &#8220;commercially available home computer.&#8221; As such, it was chosen to be the first computer we talk about on this podcast.<\/p>\n<p>The Kaypro was chosen due to a recent and unfortunate event. Its founder, Andrew Kay, had passed away. The computer he created is an early Tier Two computer, representing a line of portable computing devices.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->You can find out more about these machines on the History of Personal Computing online museum. Click on the appropriate links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Altair 8800: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/altair-8800\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"sample-permalink\" tabindex=\"-1\">http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/<span id=\"editable-post-name\" title=\"Temporary permalink. Click to edit this part.\">altair-8800<\/span>\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kaypro: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/kaypro\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"sample-permalink\" tabindex=\"-1\">http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/<span id=\"editable-post-name\" title=\"Temporary permalink. Click to edit this part.\">kaypro<\/span>\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Links mentioned in the show include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swtpc.com\/mholley\/PopularElectronics\/Jan1975\/PE_Jan1975.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Scans of the Altair 8800 Popular Science magazine premiere<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualaltair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Altair<\/a> (information site)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/qv5b1Xowxdk\" target=\"_blank\">Video showing the Altair 8800 &#8220;bootstrapping&#8221; from a paper tape machine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/simh.trailing-edge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SIMH<\/a> &#8211; Altair 8800 emulator<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/classiccmp.org\/cpmarchives\/cpm\/mirrors\/www.schorn.ch\/cpm\/intro.php\" target=\"_blank\">Sample software for use in the SIMH emulator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/brooknet.no-ip.com\/~lex\/public\/altair\/_altair88b\/Index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Atari 8800 Simulator<\/a> (Java based)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altairclone.com\" target=\"_blank\">Altair Clone<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Article announcing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utsandiego.com\/news\/2014\/sep\/03\/andrew-kay-mit-kaypro-computers-pioneer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Kay&#8217;s death<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Information about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.z80.info\/z80emu.htm\" target=\"_blank\">CP\/M emulation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Zorba: a once commercially available &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.old-computers.com\/museum\/computer.asp?st=1&amp;c=637\" target=\"_blank\">Kaypro clone<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>eBay links<\/strong> (you may need to scroll down the linked pages to see the full auction)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jeff&#8217;s Picks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/MITS-Altair-8800b-dm-Low-S-700-000034-from-MITS-Employee-ships-worldwide-\/191248092105?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&amp;hash=item2c87464bc9&amp;nma=true&amp;si=cIREIAP6zxiEjz8VnMvOlYpDH%252Fw%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557\" target=\"_blank\">MITS Altair 8800b-dm Low S# 700-000034 from MITS Employee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/Kaypro-II-vintage-portable-computer-\/291233626740?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&amp;hash=item43cee07a74&amp;nma=true&amp;si=cIREIAP6zxiEjz8VnMvOlYpDH%252Fw%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557\" target=\"_blank\">Kaypro II vintage portable computer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>David&#8217;s Picks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/MITS-Altair-680-Vintage-Microcomputer-WORKING-w-680-to-S100-Expansion-12K-RAM-\/271546211516?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&amp;hash=item3f396a5cbc&amp;nma=true&amp;si=BvbHix6nDswBA7RozraFBlH9Ax4%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557\" target=\"_blank\">MITS Altair 680 Vintage Microcomputer &#8211; WORKING w\/680 to S100 Expansion 12K RAM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/Kaypro-2000-Laptop-home-computer-vintage-\/141317811585?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&amp;hash=item20e732ad81&amp;nma=true&amp;si=BvbHix6nDswBA7RozraFBlH9Ax4%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557\" target=\"_blank\">Kaypro 2000 Laptop home computer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Send feedback to <a href=\"mailto:feedback@HistoryOfPersonalComputing.com\">feedback@HistoryOfPersonalComputing.com<\/a> &#8211; We really want to hear from you by email or send an audio comment! Also, as we cover these computers, we would love to receive your high-quality pictures of the machines we\u2019ve covered, so please start sending them in.<\/p>\n<p>Also, please write a review on iTunes!<\/p>\n<p>You can download the episode directly by using this link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/podcast\/HofPC2.mp3\">http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/podcast\/HofPC2.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or, you can subscribe to our podcast feed at: <a href=\"http:\/\/podcast.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/rss.xml\">http:\/\/podcast.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/rss.xml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen along as David Greelish and Jeff Salzman discuss the history of the Altair 8800 and Kaypro computer. 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