THE VIDEO SHELF · vintage computing
Altair 8800 - Video #7.1 - Loading 4K BASIC with a Teletype
A demonstration of loading Altair 4K BASIC on an Altair 8800 clone, using a front-panel bootloader and an ASR-33 Teletype. It shows the full sequence of entering boot code, loading BASIC and running a program.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited as a great demo of how early microcomputers were actually booted and operated.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- deramp5113
- Topic
- vintage computing
- Format
- demo
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I like the very early microcomputers where the storage is paper tape punch / reader. Your ASR-33 basically types in your program, or punches it on tape when you "list". You can see some of these on "deramp"'s videos (he is selling Altair clones, but …
jhallenworld on Hacker News · 2022-06
In Vintage ComputingThere's a nice video here of a complete BASIC boot sequence - entering boot code, loading BASIC, then loading a BASIC program. [VIDEO] As far as any program was concerned the TTY was just a serial port, and it couldn't tell the whether data coming …
HarHarVeryFunny on Hacker News · 2024-10
In Ed Roberts created the personal computer industry (2023)
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