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Larry Pyeatt <pyeatt@satchmo.cs.colostate.edu> wrote:
: Well, maybe you have something I need; a 150 baud acoustic coupled
: modem for my Altair 8800.  Mine died last week.  I tried using a 300
: baud modem, but the Altair couldn't keep up with both the teletype and
: the modem.  I also need a new 8" floppy drive, since one went out last
: month.  Maybe I should just consider upgrading.  I hear that some of

Ummm... I didn't think the Altair had any serial communications.  For what
it is worth, you could probably simply /listen/ to the beeps, and toggle
the bits by hand...

As for the 8" floppy?  I could replace it.  Sad, but true.  I know the
location of four drives right now...

: 8P

<shrug> I dunno... I'd be tempted to actually purchase an Altair if
I saw one.  There's something kind of cool about owning the first
home computer...  And besides:  Switches and blinky lights!  What
more do you need?!

ObPlug: I like blinky lights.  If you run a Linux box, visit
http://129.82.87.31/qmeter/ for a somewhat useful blinky light.

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Michael J. Dwyer                      Colorado State University, USA
mdwyer@holly.ColoState.edu       http://WWW.CS.ColoState.EDU/~dwyer/
Computer Science Major                      Amateur Radio Tech N0ZAP