Geek Fact for December 19th

By Judy Novotny / 12/19/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1974, The Altair 8800 microcomputer kit went on sale in the U.S. as a do-it-yourself computer kit.

Sold by Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), the Altair used switches for input, indicator lights as a display and was powered by a 2MHz Intel 8080A microprocessor. It sold for $397 as a kit or $595 fully assembled.

Learn more at http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/12/dayintech_1219.

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.