Popular Electronics, January 1975
date: label: Date made
content: 1975
notes: label: Description
content: In January of 1975, the magazine Popular Electronics featured a cover story about the Altair 8800, describing it as “the world’s first minicomputer kit to rival commercial models.” A second article on the Altair appeared in February. This example of the magazine was given by writer Forrest Mims III, who wrote the owner’s manual for the Altair. For his account of the development of the machine, and a list of his publications, see http://www.forrestmims.org/biography.html.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Forrest M. Mims, III
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0463.13
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0463.13
label: accession number
content: 1986.0463
objectType: label: Object Name
content: magazine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (mailing sticker material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 21.2 cm x 27.8 cm; 1 31/32 in x 8 11/32 in x 10 15/16 in