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MITS Altair 680

Introduced:
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RAM:
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1976
Motorola 6800
1k
1k
Also shown: Optional octal keypad.


Price in 1976: $680

The successor to the wildly successful Altair 8800, the 680 sported a Motorola 6800 Microprocessor, and 1k of RAM. (The 8800 originally came with 256 bytes.) As well, the 680 had support in ROM for a serial terminal and for a punch tape reader.