iAltairHD

Name: iAltairHD
Price: 5.99 USD
Rating: 5 (7 reviews)
Author: Peter Schorn

Vintage computing on your iPad

$5.99

7 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

Peter Schorn
Language

EN
English
Size

27.3
MB

iPad

iAltairHD pretends to be a MITS Altair 8800 computer and gives you a glimpse how old operating systems like CP/M 2 have felt. It is fully loaded with software but please note that the system is completely self contained and this means that you cannot remotely add any code. If you want to play a classic text based adventure game such as Zork, talk to Eliza, play Startrek, do a little bit of WordStar or create a little program in Basic or TurboPascal, iAltairHD is for you. The iAltairHD computer supports - 8080, Z80 and 8086 CPU - Basic VT100 terminal emulation for full screen editors and games - CPU speed throttling for classic terminal games - Dropbox integration for disk backup The following software is included: - Altair Basic (4k and 8k) and Altair DOS - CP/M 2 with Basic, Pascal MT+, Prolog, TurboPascal, WordStar, VEDIT screen editor, Multiplan, dBASE II, a collection of classic Basic games and text based adventures - CP/M 3 with the possibility to exchange data between CP/M 2 and CP/M 3 - CP/M 86 with VEDIT and Pascal MT+ 86 - MS-DOS 1.25 with Basic-86 and Perfect Writer

Ratings & Reviews

5.0

out of 5

7 Ratings

Faithful recreation - perfect for students
02/27/2018

Julia_A_K
A must-have App for computer students and computer history buffs.Faithfully recreates a number of models and operating systems along with common software used at the time. For me it was a nostalgic trip.The interface was pretty intuitive. The only thing I would change is to add the ability to hide the UI when using an external keyboard, like the Apple Keyboard cover. That would give the App a true “full-screen” experience.
Faithful recreation - perfect for students
02/27/2018

Julia_A_K

A must-have App for computer students and computer history buffs.Faithfully recreates a number of models and operating systems along with common software used at the time. For me it was a nostalgic trip.The interface was pretty intuitive. The only thing I would change is to add the ability to hide the UI when using an external keyboard, like the Apple Keyboard cover. That would give the App a true “full-screen” experience.
Excellent tribute to computer history
05/29/2021

987654321+
Thank you so much for making this app—it’s so neat to be able to be actually using a simulated Altair, CPM, early Microsoft BASIC and MS-DOS—all parts of home computing history! I can now actually show my children what computing was like when I was a kid :-)
Excellent tribute to computer history
05/29/2021

987654321+

Thank you so much for making this app—it’s so neat to be able to be actually using a simulated Altair, CPM, early Microsoft BASIC and MS-DOS—all parts of home computing history! I can now actually show my children what computing was like when I was a kid :-)
Very cool
12/28/2012

Wrmichael
This is an awesome app that deserves more attention. It is like having a pc in your tablet! It does need some refinement but still is a great tool for,an enthusiast.
Very cool
12/28/2012

Wrmichael

This is an awesome app that deserves more attention. It is like having a pc in your tablet! It does need some refinement but still is a great tool for,an enthusiast.
Pretty cool but needs the switches interface
04/22/2014

minimani111
I like how this app has emulation of older operating systems! But it's missing something. You know how if you just had the altair by itself, its a bunch of switches and LEDs and you could put your own data and programs in binary? It needs that interface. If it had that, I guarantee I would rate this app at 5 stars. Other than that, its pretty cool!
Pretty cool but needs the switches interface
04/22/2014

minimani111

I like how this app has emulation of older operating systems! But it's missing something. You know how if you just had the altair by itself, its a bunch of switches and LEDs and you could put your own data and programs in binary? It needs that interface. If it had that, I guarantee I would rate this app at 5 stars. Other than that, its pretty cool!

• Changed the backup destination from DropBox to iCloud. IMPORTANT: If you have made a backup and still need it, you should restore the backup prior to upgrading. Alternatively, you upgrade, create a new backup and replace the file backup_ijkl in the iAltairHD folder in your iCloud drive with the one from DropBox.