Altairs for Dummies

In this episode, we load the famous Kill the Bit program using a terminal connected to the Altair 8800. We will also learn a few of the AMON ROM command that are available. I am a vintage computer and video game system collector, who would like to someday open a small vintage video game system museum.

This is Altair 8800 for Dummies. In this episode we will be loading the same Kill the Bit program, that we loaded in the last episode, however this time, we will be loading it, using hexadecimal. I am a vintage computer and video game system collector, who would like to someday open a small vintage video game system museum.

This is Altair 8800 for Dummies. In this episode we will be loading our first program using the front panel, formatted in octal. The program that I will be loading is the famous Kill the Bit program. I am a vintage computer and video game system collector, who would like to someday open a small vintage video game system museum.

This is Altairs for Dummies Part One. I just received my new Altair 8800, and I could not be more excited . In this episode, I simply test the front panel, by examining and depositing information into memory. I am a vintage computer and video game system collector, who would like to someday open a small vintage video game system museum.

This video shows you how to load a program onto a vintage Altair 8800 computer, via serial port. I am a vintage computer and video game system collector, who would like to someday open a small vintage video game system museum.

In this episode I show you how to create a disk, using PC2Flop.HEX and a CP/M Disk Image file. I am a vintage computer and video game system collector, who would like to someday open a small vintage video game system museum.

In this episode of Altairs for Dummies, we will examine how to input information into our Altair, using a keyboard and then echo that information back out to the terminal screen. I am a vintage computer and video game system collector, who would like to someday open a small vintage video game system museum.

In this episode I demonstrate how to do a HEX Dump of a program that you have manually entered into your Altair, out to a .HEX file located on your PC. I also show you how to load a HEX file from your PC into your Altair. I am a vintage computer and video game system collector, who would like to someday open a small vintage video game system museum.

In this episode we modify the small assembly language program that prints "I like My Computer". First we have it loop several times, and then we modify the program to print the phrase as many times as we want, by introducing a new counter and loop mechanism. I am a vintage computer and video game system collector, who would like to someday open a small vintage video game system museum.

In this episode I show you how to enter a simple assembly language program, that will simply print the letter A across the screen. And I try to explain the differences that different serial cards have on your programs. Please feel free to ask any questions, and I will do my best to answer those questions. I am a vintage computer and video game system collector, who would like to someday open a small vintage video game system museum.