Sure, I'm glad to help - but bear in mind that I'm a technician, not an engineer - and solid-state logic isn't even my field! ;-)
And please don't leave the other members out of the loop - they're some of the guys who helped +me+ through +my+ project.. On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Kip Koon <computer...@sc.rr.com> wrote: > Hi drlegendre, > Care go be a sounding board/technician troubleshooter when the time comes > for me to start this journey? :) > > Kip Koon > computer...@sc.rr.com > http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of > drlegendre . > > Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2016 5:39 PM > > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: Help with getting an original Altai running: 8080A clock > circuitry and MITS88 2-SIO board > > > > I'll not pretend to be any sort of Altair expert, but I did manage a > fairly involved rebuild / restoration of one, about a year back. Here's > > a link to the set of documents I collected in the process: > > > > https://nerp.net/~legendre/altair/ > > > > My machine is restored to what you might call a "freshly built" state, > so the only boards present are the 8080A CPU and a third-party > > SRAM board. The front panel is also re-installed and working. > > > > I haven't been able to find (afford..) a genuine MITS RAM board for it, > much as I'd like one. =/ > > > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Kip Koon <computer...@sc.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > > > I also have an original Altair 8800 that has not been powered up since > > > I was in my late teens or early twenties. I'm 56 now and I was > > > wondering if anyone has put together a document for successfully > > > restoring Altair computers specifically and retro style computers in > > > general. Any help is much appreciated. I have a bunch of boards in > > > mine. Here are the pictures. > > > > > > < > > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/88mp9wna3myb2ce/AABcNr_ne3ssgVSxR-_YiASva?d > > > l=0> > > > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > Kip Koon > > > > > > computer...@sc.rr.com > > > > > > http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
