Altair: Brief article on the history of the Altair 8800.MITS Altair 8800: Considered by many to be the first microcomputer, the MITS altair 8800 was based on a 2 MHz Intel 8080 with 256 bytes standard RAM and interfaced with the user through the octal front panel switches. This unit has an 8" floppy disk drive.The First PCs: Kenbak-1; Micral; and Altair 8800.The SIMH Altair 8800 Z80 simulator: Altair emulator for PC and Mac.