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50 Years Later
Posted: December 24th, 2024, 12:13 pm
by Wayne Parham
This is an exciting week. It was 50 years ago this week - the week before Christmas in 1974 - when
"Popular Electronics" issued its most popular issue of all time.
The reason for its popularity is that this is the issue that introduced the Altair 8800.

Re: 50 Years Later
Posted: December 25th, 2024, 8:01 am
by AltairClone
Crazy how time flies by
Re: 50 Years Later
Posted: December 26th, 2024, 11:00 am
by Wayne Parham
So true!
It seems like "a while back" but it doesn't seem that long ago!
I still fondly remember those magazines, Popular Electronics, Byte, and the processor-specific ones too. Wasn't so long ago!
Thanks for keeping it alive, Mike!
Wayne
Re: 50 Years Later
Posted: January 28th, 2025, 8:24 am
by Jefferjs
I feel very privileged to have been part of this era it was because of this I have had a very successful IT career my only regret was that at the time these kits came out I was unable to afford one.
Re: 50 Years Later
Posted: January 30th, 2025, 9:21 pm
by AltairClone
Very similar life experience for me as well :)