On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Paolo wrote:
> "Daniel O. Escasa" wrote:
> >
> > I can tell you that AQ Kapauan, whom I consider one of the pioneers of the
> > Ateneo computing community, did program the Altair, using the switches.
> > Incidentally, there weren't only eight switches -- there were eight *toggle*
> > switches, to set the bit values. There were at least three other switches -- the
> > power switch, a "deposit" switch, and a "run" switch. Hmm, might've been an
> > "address" switch as well, where you set the address (in binary, of course), and
> > then you press address to set that address as the current one.
> >
> Wow! I'm amazed. It's wonderful to know that. I wonder if anyone around
> collects usable antiques like the Altair and Apple ][?
I have an Apple ][+ with Z80/80-Column/Printer/Drive/Hummingboard/128K ram
card. Sadly, all of my floppies are dead, so what's the use?
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