https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Altair_8800_Computer.jpg Altair 8800 Computer with 8 inch floppy disk system. Circuit boards - left to right Seals 8K Static RAM board MITS floppy disk controller (2 board set) MITS floppy disk controller MITS 16K Dynamic RAM board MITS 16K Dynamic RAM board MITS SIO-2 Dual serial port board Solid State Music PROM board MITS 8080 CPU board Photo taken at the Vintage Computer Festival 7.0 held at the Computer History Museum, Mountain View California. November 6-7, 2004 [1] This was one of Altair systems exhibited by Erik Klein [2] Photo by Michael Holley, November 7, 2004 Nikon E3200 with on camera flash. Touched up in Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0. Released into the public domain (by the author). By Swtpc6800 en:User:Swtpc6800 Michael Holley - Transfered from en.wikipedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3185062 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Popular_Electronics_Cover_Jan_1975.jpg January 1975 Popular Electronics with the Altair 8800 computer. Published on November 29, 1974.[14] Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4327124 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Altair_8800_and_Model_33_ASR_Teletype_.jpg A kit-built Altair 8800 computer with the popular Model 33 ASR (Automatic Send and Receive) Teletype as terminal An original kit-built 1975 Altair 8800 computer with the popular Model 33 ASR (Automatic Send and Receive) Teletype as terminal. This particular unit is Altair serial #220040K, one of the first hundred sold. It was originally purchased by Dr. John Bahr of Milwaukee General Hospital for research on the use of respirators in the neonatal intensive care unit. (Image courtesy of Boston-based collector Timothy Colegrove. For more information about this image send an email to timothy.colegrove@gmail.com) By Tim Colegrove - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89430810 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Altair_Computer_Ad_May_1975.jpg A May 1975 advertisement for the Altair 8800 Computer appeared in Popular Electronics, Radio-Electronics, and other magazines. The MITS Altair 8800 computer was the first commercially successful home computer. Paul Allen and Bill Gates started Microsoft to write software for the Altair. This advertisement appeared in Radio-Electronics, Popular Electronics and other magazines in May 1975. By MITS staff - Scanned from the May 1975 Radio-Electronics magazine by Michael Holley Swtpc6800, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7219799 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Altair_8800_at_the_Computer_History_Museum%2C_cropped.jpg Altair 8800 front panel (1st model) Altair 8800 at the Computer History Museum By Todd Dailey - File:Altair 8800 at the Computer History Museum.jpg (cropped; curves; contrast), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29491529