Altair

Computer from MITS that was first announced in Popular Electronics and available for order in 1975 and is one of the first personal computers. The Altair 8800 included an Intel 8080 processor, 256 bytes of memory (expandable to 64 K) and sold for $297 without a case and $395 with a case. To the right is an example of what the Altair 8800 computer looked like. This image was taken by Euthman at the Smithsonian institute.

Also see: Computer history, Personal computer