MITS Altair 8800 - Revision history

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{{OSinfobox
|image = Altair8800.jpg

|cname = MITS Altair 8800-tan
|alias = Altair
|hname =
|debut = Dec 2007
|height = 137 cm (4'6")
|haircolor= silver or white
|eyecolor= dark red
|weapon =
|apfaction = [[Binteeji Renmei]]
|lineage= independent
|rival= IMSAI 8080, Apple II, TRS-80 (former rivalries)

|osper = MITS Altair series and Altair BASIC
|osdev = MITS (hardware), Microsoft (OS)
|reldate = Jan 1975
|lastrel = unknown (circa late 1970's)
}}

==Technical details==
The MITS Altair 8800 was released in January 1975 and is the first commercially successful personal computer despite its difficulty to use. Data had to be input one bit at a time through switches on the front panel, and the output was displayed as a pattern of blinking lights. The Altair has no ROM, and has no storage by default. Like most personal computers of the 1970's, it came in kit form or fully assembled. One of the OSes it can run is Altair BASIC, the first product made by Microsoft.

==Character details==
===General===
MITS Altair 8800-tan has long white hair in a ponytail, with dark red eyes, and wears a vaguely steampunk-style dress with a matching helmet and boots. She wears a blue helmet with grey trim; on her helmet is a fake rocket attached that doubles as a hair tie. She wears a gown in the same shade of blue, with white trim at the hem, and a white bow on the collar; around the collar are red pearls with white stitching below them modeled after the 8800's front panel. On her dress she wears a large metallic waistband with rivets on it.

Her hobbies include model rockets and math (MITS's founders made model rockets and calculators before entering the computer business). She is intelligent, particularly good at engineering, but is prone to disaster and not good at planning. Often she is shy and introverted, but when she is excited, she talks in a grandiose, or over-the-top manner, sometimes she has bursts of grandiosity; this refers to the immense hype the Altair had when it was announced by MITS.

She is the oldest Microsoft-affiliated OS or computer-tan, and was for years the benefactress to the early [[Microsoft-IBM Family]].

===Family and relationships===

====Windows 1.0 and 2.0====
She is good friends with 1.0-tan and 2.0-tan, whom she met for the first time when she joined the Binteeji Renmei. They quickly bonded over being exiled members of the former Microsoft-IBM Family and their admiration of the late Xenix-tan, whose connections to the three of them make the first Windows-tans long-lost family to Altair-tan. 1.0-tan's unconditional friendliness helped Altair-tan feel welcome to the faction right away, and she is happy to have helped 2.0-tan come out of her shell some more.

====Xenix====
She was friends with Xenix-tan, and contributed to the fledgeling MS-IBM family. After ties were forcibly severed by the faction's higher-ups, and Xenix-tan no longer allowed to speak of her, she wrote of Altair-tan's memoirs, and the time she spent together with her so she doesn't end up forgotten.

====IMSAI 8080====
IMSAI 8080-tan was her arch-nemesis in the 1970's; as this was during the revolution, she felt threatened by this more powerful, resilient computer-tan adopting her architecture,feared losing her followers, and fought back which ever way she could. Decades later, they reconciled, long after dropping out of the competition and going their own ways. The passage of time changed them both; IMSAI-tan had put the rivalry behind her years ago after finding a new purpose in life, and Altair-tan was willing to do the same.

====Apple I====
Although extremely competitive towards others; she wasn't competitive towards [[Apple I | Apple I-tan]]. At first it was because Apple I-tan was a pacifist and not seen as a threat but they both soon became good friends.

====DTSS====
She admired DTSS-tan, the pioneer of the BASIC programming language, and was the first microcomputer-tan to adopt it.

===History and background===

In her youth, and IMSAI 8080-tan were bitter rivals. IMSAI-tan had several advantages over her, and Altair-tan wanted to get rid of her by any means; she focused on this more instead of training herself to be up to par competitor, she caused her own demise from the very market she created.

She was able to find another purpose with her life, because of her ties to Microsoft, Xenix-tan contacted Altair-tan to propose an alliance that would become the Microsoft-IBM Family in 1980. They cared for QDOS-tan together. The next year, [[QDOS|QDOS-tan]] was abandoned, and Altair exiled by executive orders; Xenix was prohibited to speak of Altair-tan to the new members of the MS-IBM Family.

After her exile, she lived in obscurity for over 20 years; her influence was recognized by many, but the only people and computers who cared to know more about her were computer historians.

Altair-tan is still alive but frustrated with herself, regrets what she did in the past and is sad that Apple I-tan, one of the few friends she ever had died long ago. She spent years as a wanderer, putting off living with the Binteeji Renmei for as long as she could, thinking she would be a sign of weakness if she joined them until she was confronted with a life-or-death situation. Now she has no regrets joining them, among the members she met there are long-lost family ([[Windows 1.0]], [[Windows 2.0|2.0]] and [[PC-DOS]]), and her role model, [[DTSS|DTSS-tan]].

==See also:==
*[http://oldcomputers.net/altair.html Altair 8800 on Old Computers]

[[Category:Vintage]]

Aurora Borealis at 04:05, 1 June 2012

2012-06-01T04:05:09Z

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	\|reldate = Jan 1975		\|reldate = Jan 1975
	\|lastrel = unknown		\|lastrel = unknown (circa late 1970's)
	}}		}}

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	====Windows 1.0 and 2.0====		====Windows 1.0 and 2.0====
			She is good friends with 1.0-tan and 2.0-tan, whom she met for the first time when she joined the Binteeji Renmei. They quickly bonded over being exiled members of the former Microsoft-IBM Family and their admiration of the late Xenix-tan, whose connections to the three of them make the first Windows-tans long-lost family to Altair-tan. 1.0-tan's unconditional friendliness helped Altair-tan feel welcome to the faction right away, and she is happy to have helped 2.0-tan come out of her shell some more.

	====Xenix====		====Xenix====

Aurora Borealis at 21:07, 24 May 2012

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	====Windows 1.0 and 2.0====		====Windows 1.0 and 2.0====


	====Xenix====		====Xenix====
			She was friends with Xenix-tan, and contributed to the fledgeling MS-IBM family. After ties were forcibly severed by the faction's higher-ups, and Xenix-tan no longer allowed to speak of her, she wrote of Altair-tan's memoirs, and the time she spent together with her so she doesn't end up forgotten.

	====IMSAI 8080====		====IMSAI 8080====
			IMSAI 8080-tan was her arch-nemesis in the 1970's; as this was during the revolution, she felt threatened by this more powerful, resilient computer-tan adopting her architecture,feared losing her followers, and fought back which ever way she could. Decades later, they reconciled, long after dropping out of the competition and going their own ways. The passage of time changed them both; IMSAI-tan had put the rivalry behind her years ago after finding a new purpose in life, and Altair-tan was willing to do the same.

	====Apple I====		====Apple I====
	Although extremely competitive towards others; she wasn't competitive towards [[Apple I \| Apple I-tan]]. At first it was because Apple I-tan was a pacifist and not seen as a threat but they both soon became good friends.		Although extremely competitive towards others; she wasn't competitive towards [[Apple I \| Apple I-tan]]. At first it was because Apple I-tan was a pacifist and not seen as a threat but they both soon became good friends.

			====DTSS====
			She admired DTSS-tan, the pioneer of the BASIC programming language, and was the first microcomputer-tan to adopt it.

	===History and background===		===History and background===
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	Altair-tan is still alive but frustrated with herself, regrets what she did in the past and is sad that Apple I-tan, one of the few friends she ever had died long ago. She spent years as a wanderer, putting off living with the Binteeji Renmei for as long as she could, thinking she would be a sign of weakness if she joined them until she was confronted with a life-or-death situation. Now she has no regrets joining them, among the members she met there are long-lost family ([[Windows 1.0]], [[Windows 2.0\|2.0]] and [[PC-DOS]]), and her role model, [[DTSS\|DTSS-tan]].		Altair-tan is still alive but frustrated with herself, regrets what she did in the past and is sad that Apple I-tan, one of the few friends she ever had died long ago. She spent years as a wanderer, putting off living with the Binteeji Renmei for as long as she could, thinking she would be a sign of weakness if she joined them until she was confronted with a life-or-death situation. Now she has no regrets joining them, among the members she met there are long-lost family ([[Windows 1.0]], [[Windows 2.0\|2.0]] and [[PC-DOS]]), and her role model, [[DTSS\|DTSS-tan]].

			==See also:==
			*[http://oldcomputers.net/altair.html Altair 8800 on Old Computers]

	[[Category:Vintage]]		[[Category:Vintage]]

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	\|cname = MITS Altair 8800-tan		\|cname = MITS Altair 8800-tan

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	{{OSinfobox		{{OSinfobox
	~~\|tanname= MITS Altair 8800-tan~~		\|image =
	\|image= ~~Altair8800.gif~~

	\|cname= Altair-tan		\|cname = MITS Altair 8800-tan
	\|alias= ~~n/a~~		\|alias = Altair
	\|~~creator~~= ~~Aurora Borealis~~		\|hname =
	\|debut= Dec 2007		\|debut = Dec 2007
			\|height = 137 cm (4'6")
			\|haircolor= silver or white
			\|eyecolor= dark red
			\|weapon =
			\|apfaction = [[Binteeji Renmei]]
			\|lineage= independent
			\|rival= IMSAI 8080, Apple II, TRS-80 (former rivalries)

	\|osper= Altair BASIC ~~(OS), MITS Altair 8800 (hardware)~~		\|osper = MITS Altair series and Altair BASIC
	\|osdev= ~~Microsoft~~ (~~Altair BASIC~~), ~~MITS~~ (~~Altair 8800 hardware~~)		\|osdev = MITS (hardware), Microsoft (OS)
	\|reldate= Jan 1975		\|reldate = Jan 1975
	\|lastrel= ?		\|lastrel = unknown
			}}


			==Technical details==
			The MITS Altair 8800 was released in January 1975 and is the first commercially successful personal computer despite its difficulty to use. Data had to be input one bit at a time through switches on the front panel, and the output was displayed as a pattern of blinking lights. The Altair has no ROM, and has no storage by default. Like most personal computers of the 1970's, it came in kit form or fully assembled. One of the OSes it can run is Altair BASIC, the first product made by Microsoft.

			==Character details==
			===General===
			MITS Altair 8800-tan has long white hair in a ponytail, with dark red eyes, and wears a vaguely steampunk-style dress with a matching helmet and boots. She wears a blue helmet with grey trim; on her helmet is a fake rocket attached that doubles as a hair tie. She wears a gown in the same shade of blue, with white trim at the hem, and a white bow on the collar; around the collar are red pearls with white stitching below them modeled after the 8800's front panel. On her dress she wears a large metallic waistband with rivets on it.

			Her hobbies include model rockets and math (MITS's founders made model rockets and calculators before entering the computer business). She is intelligent, particularly good at engineering, but is prone to disaster and not good at planning. Often she is shy and introverted, but when she is excited, she talks in a grandiose, or over-the-top manner, sometimes she has bursts of grandiosity; this refers to the immense hype the Altair had when it was announced by MITS.

			She is the oldest Microsoft-affiliated OS or computer-tan, and was for years the benefactress to the early [[Microsoft-IBM Family]].

			===Family and relationships===

	~~\|fnote~~= ~~Mainly represents the Altair 8800 but also represents Altair BASIC, its default OS~~		====Windows 1.0 and 2.0====
	}}

			====Xenix====

	===~~Description~~===		====IMSAI 8080====

	~~The MITS Altair 8800~~ was ~~released in January 1975~~ and ~~is the first truly successful personal computer, in the form of~~ a blue + grey box with red lights that blink when the switches are operated to input data. And like most personal computers of the 1970's, it came in kit form or fully assembled. One of the OSes it can run is Altair BASIC, the first product made by Microsoft.		====Apple I====
			Although extremely competitive towards others; she wasn't competitive towards [[Apple I \| Apple I-tan]]. At first it was because Apple I-tan was a pacifist and not seen as a threat but they both soon became good friends.

	MITS Altair 8800-tan has long white hair in a ponytail, dark red eyes, wears a blue + grey helmet (with the same color scheme as the Altair machine) with a fake rocket attached that also doubles as a hair tie and ~~a matching blue + grey dress encrusted with red + silver gems.~~		===History and background===

	~~Her hobbies include model rockets~~ and ~~math (MITS's founders made model rockets and calculators before entering the computer business)~~ and she ~~is very intelligent and a fast runner (The 8800 has a processor speed~~ of ~~2 MHz~~, ~~fast for its time) but has self-destructive behavior, is frail and prone to disaster~~.		In her youth, and IMSAI 8080-tan were bitter rivals. IMSAI-tan had several advantages over her, and Altair-tan wanted to get rid of her by any means; she focused on this more instead of training herself to be up to par competitor, she caused her own demise from the very market she created.

	~~===OSC Notes===~~		She was able to find another purpose with her life, because of her ties to Microsoft, Xenix-tan contacted Altair-tan to propose an alliance that would become the Microsoft-IBM Family in 1980. They cared for QDOS-tan together. The next year, [[QDOS\|QDOS-tan]] was abandoned, and Altair exiled by executive orders; Xenix was prohibited to speak of Altair-tan to the new members of the MS-IBM Family.

	In her ~~youth~~, she was ~~bitter rivals with her [[IMSAI 8080 \| IMSAI 8080-tan]]~~ and ~~wanted~~ to ~~knock~~ her out of the competition despite being at a disadvantage. She was so focused on that task instead of improving herself to be up to par with IMSAI 8080-tan that she caused her own demise and from the market she created. Although extremely competitive towards others; she wasn't competitive towards [[Apple I \| Apple I-tan]]. At first it was because Apple I-tan was a pacifist and not seen as a threat but they both soon became good friends.		After her exile, she lived in obscurity for over 20 years; her influence was recognized by many, but the only people and computers who cared to know more about her were computer historians.

	Altair-tan is still alive but frustrated with herself, regrets what she did in the past and is sad that Apple I-tan, one of the few friends she ever had died long ago. She spent years as a wanderer, putting off living with the ~~Vintage-tans~~ for as long as she could, thinking she would be ~~giving up~~ if she ~~did-~~ until she was confronted with a life-or-death situation ~~and~~ she ~~joined~~ the ~~Vintage~~-~~tans as a life~~-~~saving decision~~.		Altair-tan is still alive but frustrated with herself, regrets what she did in the past and is sad that Apple I-tan, one of the few friends she ever had died long ago. She spent years as a wanderer, putting off living with the Binteeji Renmei for as long as she could, thinking she would be a sign of weakness if she joined them until she was confronted with a life-or-death situation. Now she has no regrets joining them, among the members she met there are long-lost family ([[Windows 1.0]], [[Windows 2.0\|2.0]] and [[PC-DOS]]), and her role model, [[DTSS\|DTSS-tan]].

	~~Despite being a distant relative as well as the benefactor to the Microsoft-IBM family during the 1980's, she was unknown to all of them except for~~ [[~~Xenix \| Xenix-tan]] and even then Xenix-tan was by company orders not allowed to speak of her. But when Altair-tan joined the~~ Vintage~~-tans, she met [[Windows 1.0 \| Windows 1.0-tan~~]] ~~and [[Windows 2.0 \| 2.0-tan]] (who themselves were forgotten, near the dawn of the OS Wars) and they quickly became friends with her and Altair-tan happily lives among the Vintage-tans.~~		[[Category:Vintage]]

Aurora Borealis at 14:10, 21 July 2008

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-{| class=infobox bordered align = right style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%;
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- |+ style=font-size: larger; | '''MITS Altair 8800-tan'''
+|tanname= MITS Altair 8800-tan
- |-
+|image= Altair8800.gif
 The MITS Altair 8800 was released in January 1975 and is the first truly successful personal computer, in the form of a blue + grey box with red lights that blink when the switches are operated to input data. And like most personal computers of the 1970's, it came in kit form or fully assembled. One of the OSes it can run is Altair BASIC, the first product made by Microsoft.
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 MITS Altair 8800-tan has long white hair in a ponytail, dark red eyes,  wears a blue + grey helmet (with the same color scheme as the Altair machine) with a fake rocket attached that also doubles as a hair tie and a matching blue + grey dress encrusted with red + silver gems.
-Her hobbies include model rockets and math (MITS's founders made model rockets and calculators before entering the computer business) and she is very intelligent but has self-destructive behavior and is prone to disaster. Her bitter rival was IMSAI 8080-tan, who she wanted to knock out of the competition although at a disadvantage. She was so focused on that task instead of improving herself to be up to par with her rival that Altair-tan caused her own demise and from the market she created. She is still alive but now regrets what she did in the past.
+Her hobbies include model rockets and math (MITS's founders made model rockets and calculators before entering the computer business) and she is very intelligent and a fast runner (The 8800 has a processor speed of 2 MHz, fast for its time) but has self-destructive behavior, is frail and prone to disaster.

Aurora Borealis at 04:29, 12 January 2008

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			\|+ style=font-size: larger; \| '''MITS Altair 8800-tan'''
			\|-
			\| colspan=2 style=text-align:center; \| [[Image:Altair8800.gif ]]br /
			\|-
			! Original Creator:
			\| Aurora Borealis
			\|-
			! First appearance:
			\| Dec. 2007
			\|-
			! OS Personified:
			\| MITS Altair 8800
			\|-
			! OS Devloper:
			\| MITS
			\|-
			! First Released:
			\| January 1975
			\|-
			! Latest Stable Release:
			\| ?
			\|}


	The MITS Altair 8800 was released in January 1975 and is the first truly successful personal computer, in the form of a blue + grey box with red lights that blink when the switches are operated to input data. And like most personal computers of the 1970's, it came in kit form or fully assembled. One of the OSes it can run is Altair BASIC, the first product made by Microsoft.		The MITS Altair 8800 was released in January 1975 and is the first truly successful personal computer, in the form of a blue + grey box with red lights that blink when the switches are operated to input data. And like most personal computers of the 1970's, it came in kit form or fully assembled. One of the OSes it can run is Altair BASIC, the first product made by Microsoft.

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2008-01-08T03:49:17Z

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The MITS Altair 8800 was released in January 1975 and is the first truly successful personal computer, in the form of a blue + grey box with red lights that blink when the switches are operated to input data. And like most personal computers of the 1970's, it came in kit form or fully assembled. One of the OSes it can run is Altair BASIC, the first product made by Microsoft.

MITS Altair 8800-tan has long white hair in a ponytail, dark red eyes, wears a blue + grey helmet (with the same color scheme as the Altair machine) with a fake rocket attached that also doubles as a hair tie and a matching blue + grey dress encrusted with red + silver gems.

Her hobbies include model rockets and math (MITS's founders made model rockets and calculators before entering the computer business) and she is very intelligent but has self-destructive behavior and is prone to disaster. Her bitter rival was IMSAI 8080-tan, who she wanted to knock out of the competition although at a disadvantage. She was so focused on that task instead of improving herself to be up to par with her rival that Altair-tan caused her own demise and from the market she created. She is still alive but now regrets what she did in the past.