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Michael Malak's avatar

I learned BASIC on an Altair the instructor had assembled -- before any of those 1977 computers came out. In fact, when the first Radio Shack computer catalog came out at the end summer 1977, I was astounded that it was now possible to buy a computer from the store.

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Randal L. Schwartz's avatar

The name Altair came from the reference to "Altair VI" in the episode Amok Time from the original Star Trek series.

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