A small, low-cost computer built around a single microprocessor chip, aimed at hobbyist or personal use rather than institutional buyers. Belongs here: Altair 8800, the atlas's sole microcomputer entity and the machine widely credited with starting the personal computer market. Does not belong here: a large institutional machine, filed under Mainframe Family, Commercial Computer or Supercomputer.
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The Altair 8800 is a microcomputer introduced in 1974 by Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) based on the Intel 8080 CPU.
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