The Story of the Altair — It’s only debatable as to which computer was the “first” desktop/personal computer to people who were not there at the time. This is always a problem with understanding history when it keeps getting re-written.

Whatever Happened to the First Personal Computer — the Altair?



  1. sdf says:

    I guess Dvorak is the opposite of the digg mentality “pshhh…that is so 5 minutes ago”

  2. moss says:

    There still are few geeks from Altair left in Albuquerque, still working at Sandia in a couple of instances. Some folks forget it was Altair that to a certain extent prompted Gates’ move there — in the pre-Redmond years.

    And, of course, for the “tee-hee” set — War Games has been on the air, lately, on HD-Net. 8″ floppies, Altair and all — getting Matthew Broderick in trouble.

  3. sdf says:

    Apparently, David’s rig in wargames was outdated (technologically) even then.

    What’s the difference between telling a joke to a digg reader and a 5 year-old? You can tell the digg reader the same joke 5 minutes later.

  4. melvinguy says:

    What’s a digg?

  5. Ben Franske says:

    Uhh, David’s computer in Wargames was an IMSAI not an Altair, but hey I’m a computer history buff so it probably only makes a difference to me.

  6. Miguel says:

    You keep coming up with good stuff! Great work, keep it coming!

  7. Venom Monger says:

    Ok, here’s another request for “whatever happened to…”

    David Ahl and my favorite PC magazine of all time (apologies distributed as necessary…) Creative Computing.


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