Hi drlegendre, Sure, that's fine with me. I'll let you know when I start. I'm thinking the PS is the first thing to check. I wonder how the caps are doing, or should I get a nice modern switching power supply.
Kip Koon [email protected] http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of drlegendre . > Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2016 6:18 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Help with getting an original Altai running: 8080A clock > circuitry and MITS88 2-SIO board > > Sure, I'm glad to help - but bear in mind that I'm a technician, not an > engineer - and solid-state logic isn't even my field! ;-) > > And please don't leave the other members out of the loop - they're some of > the guys who helped +me+ through +my+ project.. > > > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Kip Koon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi drlegendre, > > Care go be a sounding board/technician troubleshooter when the time > > comes for me to start this journey? :) > > > > Kip Koon > > [email protected] > > http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > drlegendre . > > > Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2016 5:39 PM > > > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > > Subject: Re: Help with getting an original Altai running: 8080A > > > clock > > circuitry and MITS88 2-SIO board > > > > > > I'll not pretend to be any sort of Altair expert, but I did manage a > > fairly involved rebuild / restoration of one, about a year back. > > Here's > > > a link to the set of documents I collected in the process: > > > > > > https://nerp.net/~legendre/altair/ > > > > > > My machine is restored to what you might call a "freshly built" > > > state, > > so the only boards present are the 8080A CPU and a third-party > > > SRAM board. The front panel is also re-installed and working. > > > > > > I haven't been able to find (afford..) a genuine MITS RAM board for > > > it, > > much as I'd like one. =/ > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Kip Koon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > > > > > I also have an original Altair 8800 that has not been powered up > > > > since I was in my late teens or early twenties. I'm 56 now and I > > > > was wondering if anyone has put together a document for > > > > successfully restoring Altair computers specifically and retro > > > > style computers in general. Any help is much appreciated. I have > > > > a bunch of boards in mine. Here are the pictures. > > > > > > > > < > > > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/88mp9wna3myb2ce/AABcNr_ne3ssgVSxR-_YiAS > > > > va?d > > > > l=0> > > > > > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kip Koon > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
