Great for sending and receiving files also. One other option that I have found very useful, especially launched from a Linux or MacOS terminal, is Kermit (ckermit). I have used Minicom with my old systems in the past as it supports the usual VT and ANSI emulations and will allow character and new line delays for use when ‘pasteing’ text.
MAC TERMINAL EMULATOR 9600 BAUD MAC
Until recently I have been using my Mac and Linux laptops running Minicom. The second program Pong displays, using the front panel leds, a light (ball) passing from left to right, the right hand player has to flick a switch just at the right moment to ‘bounce’ the ball back to the player on the left who attempts to do the same using a switch on the left. If you miss then more lights are added to the sequential series.
This program iluminates some of the front panel lights in turn and the player is asked to operate a switch at the point the light is directly above it. Before hooking a the terminal I thought it was important to start the session by entering two of the Altairs most famous programs using the front panel keys, starting with Kill the Bit. Well, more acurately Kill the Bit and Pong.
My parents are gone now but with a legacy they have left me, it seems only fitting to use some of it to purchase the machine, I am sure he would have approved… maybe. He recognised his mistake several years later and the comment became a great source of amusement within the family. He was one of the people who actually said ”…computers will never catch on!”. I showed him the Altair and he thought the idea of spending so much money on this new ”computer fad” was ridiculous. The back story for me having one of these is that in 1975 my father asked me what I wanted for my 18th birthday.
All that is needed is to fasten a small concrete block or a wad of Byte magazines inside the case to replicate the weight. This machine replicates the original Altair 8800 as accurately as anything could both in looks and feel. I am now the proud owner of an Altair clone ( ). For me, obtaining my very own (sort of) is a special moment. For anyone with an interest in early 8 bit computers, even for those of us in the UK, it is impossible not to recognise the importance of the Altair 8800.
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