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Forrest Mims
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Forrest M. Mims III is an American magazine columnist and author. Mims graduated from Texas A&M University in 1966 with a major in government and minors in English and history. He became a commissione
Mims with 1970 model rocket equipped with the first MITS TX-1 telemetry transmitter in December 2005.
Mims with 1970 model rocket equipped with the first MITS TX-1 telemetry transmitter in December 2005.
Forrest Mims preparing an Estes Big Bertha model rocket equipped with his radio-controlled ram air flight control system for launch near Saigon, Vietn
Forrest Mims preparing an Estes Big Bertha model rocket equipped with his radio-controlled ram air flight control system for launch near Saigon, Vietnam in 1967.
Forrest Mims demonstrates his infrared obstacle-sensing device at the Saigon School for Blind Boys in 1967
Forrest Mims demonstrates his infrared obstacle-sensing device at the Saigon School for Blind Boys in 1967
Forrest Mims created hand-drawn illustrations and hand-lettered text for many of his books and articles.
Forrest Mims created hand-drawn illustrations and hand-lettered text for many of his books and articles.
Altair 8800
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The Altair 8800 is a microcomputer introduced in 1974 by Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems based on the Intel 8080 CPU. It was the first commercially successful personal computer. Interest i
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…original partners and focused the company on emerging market of electronic calculators. The January 1975 cover of Popular Electronics featured Roberts' Altair 8800 computer. Roberts asked Mims to write the Altair 8800 user’s manual in return for an assembled Altair, which Mims donated to the Smithsonian Institution’s…
Altair 8800 Computer with 8-inch floppy disk system
Altair 8800 Computer with 8-inch floppy disk system
This "Tracking Light for Model Rockets" project appeared in the September 1969 issue of Model Rocketry and was the first kit sold by MITS.
This "Tracking Light for Model Rockets" project appeared in the September 1969 issue of Model Rocketry and was the first kit sold by MITS.
January 1975 Popular Electronics with the Altair 8800 computer. This issue was released to newsstands on December 19, 1974, a week before Christmas.
January 1975 Popular Electronics with the Altair 8800 computer. This issue was released to newsstands on December 19, 1974, a week before Christmas.
A kit-built Altair 8800 computer with the popular Model 33 ASR (Automatic Send and Receive) Teletype as terminal
A kit-built Altair 8800 computer with the popular Model 33 ASR (Automatic Send and Receive) Teletype as terminal