This thing was released after the datapoint 2200, which essentially has an 8008 made of discrete TTL chips. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datapoint_2200 http

This thing was released after the datapoint 2200, which essentially has an 8008 made of discrete TTL chips. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datapoint_2200 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datapoint_2200 The 2200 type 2 (1972) was indeed expandable to 16k. Yes it cost $14,000, but you could buy it. Remember: this was an expensive piece of business equipment, the Altair was a cheap (for the time) kit for hobbyists. Companies buying these machines were choosing between them and a minicomputer like the PDP/11 which cost $20,000.