NATS 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Altair 8800, Popular Electronics, Microcomputer
14 Sep 2013
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In 1974 the hobbyists: they were explaining computers to the general public, motivating the development of the personal computer industry, and helping to introduce computers to homes, this movement was known as the computer hobby movement. The mark-8 was an educational project to allow electronics hobbyists to get first- hand experience with the fundamentals of digital computing. The hobby enthusiasm turned into a worldwide movement that appeared popular. Electronics (pe) a few months after the publication of the mark-8. January 1975 issue of the magazine, informed the readers about project. World"s first minicomputer kit to rival commercial models Altair 8800 -- the article is arguably one of the most important publications to appear in a popular electronics magazine: the altair 8800 had a profound impact on the computer enthusiasts and quickly became their hardware icon. By the end of 1975, there were a number of microcomputer clubs. By 1976, micro computing became the world"s most exciting and fastest growing hobby.
