falter
Veteran Member
I don't know if I did good, bad or in between on this - I offered $1500 and that carried the day. I don't think my price was too far out there - I know what individual components have sold for in the past, and if I went high it's probably not by much. I'm sure this stuff has appreciated since the last time I saw these things for sale.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/MITS-Altai...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2648
I am thinking about building it - if I can find authentic switches and LEDs, ICs etc. I'd be prepared to use clone parts where I had to (I wonder if I could get the front panel cover separately of a full clone kit? would it fit?) to get it going and then gradually replace with original parts as they came available. Kicking myself for not going for that Altair bus baseplate that sold for $51 a few months ago. I'm not doctrinaire like some collectors - I don't need the thing to be 100% original and correct, if it means not having to lay out $5000-7000 all at once.
Even if it never gets built, I can pretend I have an Altair and spare my bank account of the full cost of buying a complete one. Just how my brain works.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/MITS-Altai...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2648
I am thinking about building it - if I can find authentic switches and LEDs, ICs etc. I'd be prepared to use clone parts where I had to (I wonder if I could get the front panel cover separately of a full clone kit? would it fit?) to get it going and then gradually replace with original parts as they came available. Kicking myself for not going for that Altair bus baseplate that sold for $51 a few months ago. I'm not doctrinaire like some collectors - I don't need the thing to be 100% original and correct, if it means not having to lay out $5000-7000 all at once.
Even if it never gets built, I can pretend I have an Altair and spare my bank account of the full cost of buying a complete one. Just how my brain works.