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I would love to be able to buy a modern replica of the original '70's mail-order kit. There are microcontroller-based hardware simulators (like the one in the v

by q3k 12y ago

I would love to be able to buy a modern replica of the original '70's mail-order kit. There are microcontroller-based hardware simulators (like the one in the video), but there's no fun when you cannot assemble one yourself out of old school DIP parts... Just looking at the original kit ad [1] makes me feel all giddy. [1] - http://science.slc.edu/~jmarshall/courses/2003/spring/cs10/lectures/week01/images/Altair8800kit.jpg http://science.slc.edu/~jmarshall/courses/2003/spring/cs10/l...

Gracana 12y ago
Oh yeah, I haven't thought about a project like that in a while, but I've definitely gone around the homebrew-cpu webring a few times. It sure would be fun. For what it's worth, the guy in the video seems to sell clone kits. The kit and assembled version are the same price as the original assembled machine, $621 (though the replicas have a lot of additional stuff thrown in). Not exactly a cheap, but if you really want one, you can get one.