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Altair 8800 (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Altair 8800" in English language version.

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9web.archive.org
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americanradiohistory.com (Global: 841st place; English: 481st place)

archive.org (Global: 6th place; English: 6th place)

arstechnica.com (Global: 388th place; English: 265th place)

  • Reimer, Jeremy (2005-12-15). "Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2021-11-27.

atarimagazines.com (Global: 9,786th place; English: 5,945th place)

books.google.com (Global: 3rd place; English: 3rd place)

computer.org (Global: 5,196th place; English: 3,635th place)

digibarn.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

  • Moore, Fred (July 1976). "Hardware". Homebrew Computer Club Newsletter. 1 (5): 2, 5. Retrieved 2007-12-30.

doi.org (Global: 2nd place; English: 2nd place)

  • Garland, Harry (March 1977). "Design Innovations in Personal Computers". Computer. 10 (3). IEEE Computer Society: 24. doi:10.1109/c-m.1977.217669. S2CID 32243439. There is little question that the current enthusiasm in personal computing was catalyzed by the introduction of the MITS Altair computer kit in January 1975.
  • Michalopoulos, Demetrios A. (October 1976). "New Products". Computer. 9 (10). IEEE: 59–64. doi:10.1109/C-M.1976.218414. "Intel Corporation has announced that an interactive display console and highspeed line printer are now available for the Intellec MDS microcomputer development system. … The display console costs $2,240 and the printer $3,200 in quantities of 1 to 9. Delivery is in 30 days. Price of the basic Intellec MDS with 16K bytes of RAM memory, including interfaces and resident software for operating the peripherals, is $3,950."
  • Brillinger, P. C.; D. D. Cowan (November 1970). "A complete package for introducing computer science". SIGCSE Bulletin. 2 (3). ACM: 118–126. doi:10.1145/873641.873659. S2CID 16270182. Describes the introductory computer science courses at the University of Waterloo.

espacenet.com (Global: 800th place; English: 676th place)

worldwide.espacenet.com

  • US patent 3800129, Richard H. Umstattd, "MOS Desk Calculator", issued 1974-03-26 

ftldesign.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

altair.ftldesign.com

  • MITS (June 1975). "MITS advertisement". Digital Design. 4 (6). CMP Information. Archived from the original on 10 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-01. "There was a subsequent article in February's Popular Electronics and the MITS people knew the Altair was here to stay. During that month alone, over 1,000 mainframes were sold. Datamation, March 1975." "By the end of May, MITS had shipped over 2,500 Altair 8800's"

heise.de (Global: 766th place; English: 3,515th place)

intel.com (Global: 1,118th place; English: 825th place)

jeremyreimer.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

  • Reimer, Jeremy (2005-12-15). "Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2021-11-27.

newscientist.com (Global: 774th place; English: 716th place)

nmnaturalhistory.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

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  • Milford, Annette (April 1976). "Computer Power of the Future - The Hobbyists". Computer Notes. 1 (11). Altair Users Group, MITS Inc.: 7. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved 2007-12-01."Les Solomon entertained a curious audience with anecdotes about how it all began for MITS, The name for MITS' computer, for example, was inspired by his 12-year-old daughter. She said why don't you call it Altair -- that's where the Enterprise is going tonight."
  • Bunnell, David (August 1975). "Across the Editor's Desk". Computer Notes. 1 (3). Altair Users Group, MITS Inc.: 2. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved 2007-12-26. Intel letter to its sales force. "We wish to clarify any misconception that may exist in your minds regarding the MITS ALTAIR system. This product is designed around the Intel Standard Data Sheet 8080 family."
  • Roberts, H. Edward (October 1975). "Letter from the President". Computer Notes. 1 (5). Altair Users Group, MITS Inc.: 3. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved 2008-07-12. "We had less than 20 employees when we introduced the Altair and now we have grown to 90 as a result of our Altair customers." Roberts also discussed the problems with the 4K dynamic RAM boards. Customers got a $50 refund.

old-computers.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

poynter.org (Global: 8,349th place; English: 4,860th place)

semanticscholar.org (Global: 11th place; English: 8th place)

api.semanticscholar.org

  • Garland, Harry (March 1977). "Design Innovations in Personal Computers". Computer. 10 (3). IEEE Computer Society: 24. doi:10.1109/c-m.1977.217669. S2CID 32243439. There is little question that the current enthusiasm in personal computing was catalyzed by the introduction of the MITS Altair computer kit in January 1975.
  • Brillinger, P. C.; D. D. Cowan (November 1970). "A complete package for introducing computer science". SIGCSE Bulletin. 2 (3). ACM: 118–126. doi:10.1145/873641.873659. S2CID 16270182. Describes the introductory computer science courses at the University of Waterloo.

si.edu (Global: 340th place; English: 295th place)

americanhistory.si.edu

virtualaltair.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

  • Greelish, David (1996). "Ed Roberts Interview with Historically Brewed magazine". Historically Brewed (9). Historical Computer Society. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-11-22. Ed Roberts said: "We had a Nova 2 by Data General in the office that we sold timeshare on … The front panel on an Altair essentially models every switch that was on the Nova 2. We had that machine to look at. The switches are pretty much standard of any front panel machine. It would have taken forever if we would have had to re-decide where every switch had to go."

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)

  • Reimer, Jeremy (2005-12-15). "Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
    • Jeremy Reimer (2012-12-07). "Total Share: Personal Computer Market Share 1975-2010". Jeremy Reimer.
    • Mims, Forrest M. (November 1984). "The Altair story; early days at MITS". Creative Computing. Vol. 10, no. 11. p. 17. Archived from the original on 8 April 2007.
    • Borchers, Detlef (November 29, 2024). "50 years ago: Hobbyists set off on the road to the PC revolution". Heise Online. Heise Gruppe. Archived from the original on December 3, 2024.
    • Shedden, David (December 19, 2024). "Today in Media History: First successful PC goes on sale in '74 and helps launch Microsoft". Poynter. Poynter Institute for Media Studies. Archived from the original on December 25, 2024.
    • Milford, Annette (April 1976). "Computer Power of the Future - The Hobbyists". Computer Notes. 1 (11). Altair Users Group, MITS Inc.: 7. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved 2007-12-01."Les Solomon entertained a curious audience with anecdotes about how it all began for MITS, The name for MITS' computer, for example, was inspired by his 12-year-old daughter. She said why don't you call it Altair -- that's where the Enterprise is going tonight."
    • Bunnell, David (August 1975). "Across the Editor's Desk". Computer Notes. 1 (3). Altair Users Group, MITS Inc.: 2. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved 2007-12-26. Intel letter to its sales force. "We wish to clarify any misconception that may exist in your minds regarding the MITS ALTAIR system. This product is designed around the Intel Standard Data Sheet 8080 family."
    • MITS (June 1975). "MITS advertisement". Digital Design. 4 (6). CMP Information. Archived from the original on 10 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-01. "There was a subsequent article in February's Popular Electronics and the MITS people knew the Altair was here to stay. During that month alone, over 1,000 mainframes were sold. Datamation, March 1975." "By the end of May, MITS had shipped over 2,500 Altair 8800's"
    • Roberts, H. Edward (October 1975). "Letter from the President". Computer Notes. 1 (5). Altair Users Group, MITS Inc.: 3. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved 2008-07-12. "We had less than 20 employees when we introduced the Altair and now we have grown to 90 as a result of our Altair customers." Roberts also discussed the problems with the 4K dynamic RAM boards. Customers got a $50 refund.
    • Greelish, David (1996). "Ed Roberts Interview with Historically Brewed magazine". Historically Brewed (9). Historical Computer Society. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-11-22. Ed Roberts said: "We had a Nova 2 by Data General in the office that we sold timeshare on … The front panel on an Altair essentially models every switch that was on the Nova 2. We had that machine to look at. The switches are pretty much standard of any front panel machine. It would have taken forever if we would have had to re-decide where every switch had to go."

worldcat.org (Global: 5th place; English: 5th place)

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  • Salsberg, Arther (November 12, 1984). "Jaded Memory". InfoWorld. Vol. 6, no. 46. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. p. 7. ISSN 0199-6649. Salsberg states that the Altair was named by John McVeigh

youtube.com (Global: 9th place; English: 13th place)