• General
• Project Diary
• Front Panel Switches
• Instructions
• Communicating via ...
• Configuration, Reset ...
• Displaying, mounting & booting a MITS (88-DCDD) disk drive
• Displaying, mounting & booting a MITS (88-HDSK) hard disk drive
• Serial connection for file exchange
  ... using Kermit, PCGET/PCPUT and PIP
• Disk formats (8" & 5.25")
• Information
• Links

This is a cycle-accurate recreation of the original Altair 8800. What does that mean? It means the Intel 8080 CPU is emulated, as is some of the basic I/O (disk drives, serial ports, etc.) but everything else is REAL Altair machine code and CP/M that was created more than 40 years ago! [1]

If you want to delve deeper into the „Altair Simulation“, you will find endless information and software on the download page of ALTAIRCLONE.COM. This is a site of Mike Douglas (DeRamp.com)

What Mike Douglas has gathered here on the subject of Altair is simply ingenious. You can also buy an Altair 8800 clone here for $621.

There is also the Altair 8800 simulator by Peter Schorn. Here, too, there is a wealth of information and software.

1. Bought at Tindie: 08.10.2019
2. Finally unwrapped: 07.03.2021 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
3. It starts today: 07.03.2021 (300 solder points)
4. LEDs and switches: 12.03.2021
5. Some tests, all OK: 12.03.2021
6. Done: 13.03.2021

All beginnings are hard!

It starts today!

Around 300 solder points set! That's enough for today.

Done!

The assembly and soldering worked wonderfully. If you take your time and don't rush it - it's supposed to be fun - you'll need about 6 to 8 hours in total. Maybe a little less!

• Altair-Duino, Altair-Clone, Altair Simulator
• David Hansel: Altair 8800 Simulator (2020, PDF) / This user guide is VERY important.
• The Altair Experience: Altair 8800 Clone: Video Library / Very important is the section (1) with the videos about the front panel. You simply have to go through it!
• The Altair Experience: Altair 8800 Clone: Video Library / Very important is the section (1) with the videos about the front panel. You simply have to go through it!
• Altair 8800
• MITS: Altair 8800 Operators Manual (1975, PDF)
• Poptronics: Build the Altair 8800 mini computer, part 1 (1975 Jan, PDF)
• Poptronics: Build the Altair 8800 mini computer, part 2 (1975 Feb, PDF)

• Buy on Tindie: Altair-Duino Pro
• ADWATER & STIR: Homepage
• Mike Douglas: DeRamp.com & ALTAIRCLONE.COM
• Peter Schorn: Altair 8800 simulator

1. (↑) https://www.tindie.com/products/kb0wwp/altair-duino-pro/#product-description