Comments on: Whatever Happened to the First Personal Computer — the Altair? http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/whatever-happened-to-the-first-personal-computer-the-altair/ General interest observations and true web-log. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:35:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Venom Monger http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/whatever-happened-to-the-first-personal-computer-the-altair/comment-page-1/#comment-387435 Venom Monger Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:29:50 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8355#comment-387435 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. 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.

]]> By: Miguel http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/whatever-happened-to-the-first-personal-computer-the-altair/comment-page-1/#comment-387213 Miguel Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:29:10 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8355#comment-387213 You keep coming up with good stuff! Great work, keep it coming! You keep coming up with good stuff! Great work, keep it coming!

]]> By: Ben Franske http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/whatever-happened-to-the-first-personal-computer-the-altair/comment-page-1/#comment-387008 Ben Franske Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:07:35 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8355#comment-387008 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. 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.

]]> By: melvinguy http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/whatever-happened-to-the-first-personal-computer-the-altair/comment-page-1/#comment-386789 melvinguy Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:30:43 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8355#comment-386789 What's a digg? What’s a digg?

]]> By: sdf http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/whatever-happened-to-the-first-personal-computer-the-altair/comment-page-1/#comment-386597 sdf Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:23:47 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8355#comment-386597 Apparently, David's rig in wargames was outdated (technologically) even then.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. 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.

]]> By: moss http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/whatever-happened-to-the-first-personal-computer-the-altair/comment-page-1/#comment-386593 moss Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:20:21 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8355#comment-386593 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. 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.

]]> By: sdf http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/whatever-happened-to-the-first-personal-computer-the-altair/comment-page-1/#comment-386589 sdf Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:11:38 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8355#comment-386589 I guess Dvorak is the opposite of the digg mentality "pshhh...that is so 5 minutes ago" I guess Dvorak is the opposite of the digg mentality “pshhh…that is so 5 minutes ago”

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