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http://www.floydfolks.org & http://www.littlefamilyfarm.com 1-540-808-2880 - floydlcfgroup@gmail - PO box 179 Floyd,Virginia 24091------The diminutive Altair 680 was one of the first three Motorola 6800 computers on the market, along with the SWTPC 6800 and Sphere. The MITTS Altair company was owned by Ed Roberts. Roberts sold the company and went to medical school and is now a practicing MD. Although the 680 was "pre-announced" on the cover of the November, 1975 issue of Popular Electronics (following the similar introduction of its big brother, the Altair 8800), the headline trumpeting "THE FIRST MOTOROLA 6800 COMPUTER PROJECT" was not the whole truth. Ironically, page 5 of the same magazine carried an ad for the Sphere, a 6800 based computer available in kit form for $860, and page 89 advertised the SWTPC 6800 kit at $450. It's hard to say which computer actually shipped first in quantity. MITS offered a discount for orders placed before December 31, 1975, but the ads offering the discount featured a picture of the mock up 680 that appeared on the Popular Electronics cover (yes, the 680 was a mock up, just like the 8800 photo on the magazine cover the previous January). Also, the "December 31, 1975" discount ads appeared in Byte magazine as late as February 1976. From www.computercloset.com------Important Names & Words in the History of Microcomputers Insai, Adam Osborne, bugbook, Ed Roberts, floppy disk, RAM chip, TRS-80, radio shack, commodore, Steve Jobs, Steve Wuzniack, WOZ, Atrai, Osborne, Adam Osborne, Heathzenith Clivesinclair, polymorphic, Ex8l, Heathkit, colleco, IBM PC, IBM PC jr., DEC, Don Lancaster, Wayne Green, teletype, Hewlett Packard, Jon Titus, Bill Gates, Apple, Microsoft, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Digital, museum, cyber, TI, IC, micro processor, Intel, logic, memory, USB, robotics, server, data, history, fiber optic, gateway, internet, texting, computer, Moores law, IBM, cyber engineer, automation, personal computer, PC, John Von Neumann, Thomas Watson, Intel 4004 ----This video was produced by the LCF Group, ( We are on The Crooked Road Heritage Music Trail and the Round The Mountain Artisan and Craftsman Venue as a great place to visit ) Floyd Professional Center, Village Green, Floyd Virginia. The LCF Group consist of David Larsen KK4WW, Gaynell Larsen KK4WWW and Dee Wallace KG4VMI. We are all radio amateurs and also are Directors of The Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service ( FAIRS) also located in Floyd Virginai. N4USA is the radio call for FAIRS and we have operated in Dominica as J79WW J79WWW J79VMI and many other countries. We are members of The Floyd Amateur Radio Society FARS. The LCF Group (1-540-745-2322) ham radio morse code cw amateurradio hamradio transceiver radio receiver linear amplifier linear amp heathkit ten-tec cw http:// www.va-mountainland.com http://www.virginiamountainland.Com http://www.lcfarticles.com http://www.bugbookcomputermuseum.com http://www.floydcountyvirginia.org http://www.fairs.org http://www.floydfolks.org and http://www.microcomputerhistorymuseum.com http://microcomputercollector.com in Floyd Virginia. Www.visitfloydvirginia.org www.floydvirginia.org compass magazine www.virtualblueridge.com blue ridge Parkway Destination Center www.floydtourismdirertory.com http://www.stpierrewoodworking.com http://www.floydcountyvirginia.org Bill St Pierre Floyd Virginia