Hey everyone. I have wanted a piece of computer history for a long time and am really excited about ordering my own Altair 8800 clone, but am new to the Altair and vintage computing in general. Therefore I have a couple of questions I hope you can help a newbie with.
I see that the recommended terminal program is TeraTerm and it looks like ZTerm can work on the Mac, but does anyone have any tips connecting an Altair to a Mac? Anything specific to look out for? Serial looks like another good terminal program for the Mac, but does anyone have any experience with it and the Altair?
Is there anything I need to look out for regarding a serial to USB adapter or will any work? Most are DB9 to USB. Is there any trick in chaining a DB25-DB9 to a DB9-USB adapter? That looks like the option that is being offered along side the clone in the shop, but I wanted to be sure.
Thanks a lot for any help and your patience with novice questions. Looking forward to diving in!