On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Stephen<cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
> For all of you looking for memory lane and to see how far back the old
> tech goes...
>
> http://www.computerhistory.org/
>
> I personally want an altair shell and to load in a modern computer
> inside of it and make the lights blink again....
>

Oh yes!!:

1965: DEC unveils the PDP-8, the first commercially successful minicomputer. Small enough to sit on a desktop, it sells for $18,000 one-fifth the cost of a low-end IBM/360 mainframe. The combination of speed, size, and cost enables the establishment of the minicomputer in thousands of manufacturing plants, offices, and scientific laboratories.

lyle