Liebe Leser, after consigning most of this thread to the bit bucket over the last week or more, I find myself in the position of trying to figure out what the latest posts have to do with 'Experience using an Altair 8800 ("Personal computer" from 70s)'. Indeed, it seems that much of the thread has been filled with replies having nothing at all to do with the MITS 8800.
Please, someone--either kill the thread or start a new one that has content relative to the thread title. Thanks, Chuck