MITS Altair 680 Microcomputer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1976
name: label: maker
content: Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems
notes: label: Description
content: In the Altair 680, MITS offered an update of the Altair 8800 that was based on the Motorola 6800 processor.The MITS Altair 680 has a blue and grey metal cabinet with a black plastic face. There is a grey power cord in the rear and metal switches on the face. This machine has serial number D11915.
label: Description
content: According to the Altair Technical Notebook, "The Altair 680 is an excellent compromise between computer power and low cost structure without sacrificing design reliability." For further information about the Altair 6800, see 1990.0653.01.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Mexico, Albuquerque
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jon Titus
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0891.03
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0891.03
label: accession number
content: 1991.0891
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Microcomputer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 11 1/4 in x 11 1/4 in; 12.065 cm x 28.575 cm x 28.575 cm