Subj : Altair 8800 reproductions
To   : All
From : AKAcastor
Date : Fri May 03 2024 15:48:16

Hi everyone,

Recently I had a nice chat with a gentleman on a Discord channel (theoldnet) who showed photos of his beautiful (original) Altair 8800 and also told me about some of the reproduction/clone systems that have been created.

The Altair 8800c is a fully functional Altair 8800 built from scratch using only new equipment and boards.
https://deramp.com/altair_8800c.html

Assembling these systems isn't as easy as ordering a kit and putting it together - some parts need to be sourced from different places - and there are some options for how to build the system.  Another option is the Altair-duino:
https://adwaterandstir.com/altair/

Until recently, reproduction Altair cases were being made by Mike Douglas (deramp.com), but he sold the last of the Altair 8800 Clone cabinets he had, and after ten years of making them has decided not to continue.

The good news - I received an email from Mike Douglas informing me that Chris Davis who makes the Altair-duino will be taking on production of the Altair 8800c cabinet.  Chris can be reached at chris@famousdavispro.com for Altair-duino and Altair 8800c cabinet information.


Chris/akacastor


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