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Feb 14, 2026, 5:12:30 PMFeb 14

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I've found if a little difficult to get to the video I want to watch sometimes on YouTube, so I made this index for myself and everybody else:

deramp Altair 8800 S-100 Videos on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suyiMfzmZKs&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj

📚 Altair 8800 Instructional Series Channel: deramp5113

🟦 PART 1 — Front Panel & Core Operation (Videos 1–6)

Video #1 – Front Panel Introduction (8:46)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suyiMfzmZKs&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=1&pp=iAQB0gcJCYcKAYcqIYzv
Video #2 – Front Panel Programming (7:40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV1ki6LiEmg&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=2&pp=iAQB
Video #3 – Kill the Bit Game (15:44)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKeiQ8e18QY&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=3&pp=iAQB
Video #4 – Front Panel Status Lights (10:46)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_73NwB6toY&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=4&pp=iAQB
Video #5 – Interrupt Acknowledge Cycle (11:43)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5CHGm1eOio&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=5&pp=iAQB
Video #6 – Serial I/O Echo Routines (12:11)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70l6CE0mWbs&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=6&pp=iAQB

🟦 PART 2 — 4K & 8K BASIC (Videos 7–9.2)

Video #7 – Loading 4K BASIC from a Paper Tape Image (9:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8InWiihlIQw&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=7&pp=iAQB
Video #7.1 – Loading 4K BASIC with a Teletype (11:29)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv5b1Xowxdk&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=8&pp=iAQB
Video #7.2 – 4K BASIC Console Alternatives (10:03)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAYcLM5krB8&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=9&pp=iAQB
Video #8 – Using 4K BASIC (12:52)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSizis0ezck&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=10&pp=iAQB
Video #9 – Loading 8K BASIC from a Cassette Image (9:53)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-dFKNYFL0M&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=11&pp=iAQB
Video #9.1 – Loading 8K BASIC from Cassette (9:37)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55j7Be0IPWw&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=12&pp=iAQB0gcJCYcKAYcqIYzv
Video #9.2 – Loading 8K BASIC the Fun Way (8:55)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bymOIRg5M9E&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=13&pp=iAQB

🟦 PART 3 — Disk BASIC, DOS & CP/M (Videos 10–25)

Video #10 – Multi-Boot Loader and Turnkey Monitor PROMs (10:56)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh_6DtwmQXs&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=14&pp=iAQB
Video #11 – Altair Floppy Disk (13:17)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txeeUHJ1p84&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=15&pp=iAQB0gcJCYcKAYcqIYzv
Video #12 – Altair Disk BASIC (10:08)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_1gTjOLjUM&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=16&pp=iAQB
Video #13 – Timesharing BASIC (14:37)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB6MHwgNNYk&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=17&pp=iAQB
Video #14 – Altair DOS Introduction (14:24)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjV6xNH6TIo&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=18&pp=iAQB
Video #15 – Altair DOS Programming (13:34)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2eXlhcPpz4&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=19&pp=iAQB
Video #16 – CP/M Introduction (18:57)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQq6ad9F3Xk&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=20&pp=iAQB
Video #17 – CP/M Programming Environment (11:22)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQNHg1XuFR4&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=21&pp=iAQB0gcJCYcKAYcqIYzv
Video #18 – Changing CP/M's RAM Size (10:40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJvT-9Gykm8&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=22&pp=iAQB
Video #19 – CP/M Application Demos (6:03)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKNayPnZT54&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=24&pp=iAQB
Video #20 – Disk Boot from Paper Tape (14:01)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKNayPnZT54&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=24&pp=iAQB
Video #21 – MITS Programming System II (Intro) (15:29)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaKFYJV_DOw&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=25&pp=iAQB
Video #22 – MITS Programming System II (Programming) (11:59)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVIzjGJ383Y&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=26&pp=iAQB
Video #23 – MITS Programming System II (Loading/Saving) (11:05)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5SpEXOFoVI&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=27&pp=iAQB
Video #24 – Quick Demos 1 (13:45)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlCCD1RA9BQ&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=28&pp=iAQB
Video #25 – CP/M AutoExec on Boot (11:39)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxrPmbsmyBs&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=29&pp=iAQB

🟦 PART 4 — Hardware Expansion & Peripherals (Videos 26–65)

Highlights:

#26 – Pong on Front Panel (10:54)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZykunYYeQk&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=30&pp=iAQB
#27 – Altair Turnkey Module (9:56)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDd3H86qgTM&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=31&pp=iAQB
#28 – High Speed Paper Tape Reader/Punch (12:40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wALFrUd6Ttw&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=32&pp=iAQB
#29–30 – Music Systems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FDigtF0dRQ&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=33&pp=iAQB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxYhjD-BYcA&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=34&pp=iAQB
#31 – Altair Clone Music on Radio (1:20)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDqArTme4B8&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=35&pp=iAQB
#32 – BASIC version 1.0 (7:47)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s9N3OXHmN0&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=36&pp=iAQB
#33 – OP-80A Papertape Reader (12:31)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib5DlumAMNM&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=37&pp=iAQB
#38 – Minidisk “Flippy Disk” Demo (2:45)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UCcONLTsuQ&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=38&pp=iAQB
Teletype with N-Key Rollover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED60ouPWkpg&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=39&pp=iAQB0gcJCYcKAYcqIYzv
Four Users on Altair Timesharing BASIC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fikIVbkW4QI&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=40&pp=iAQB
#41 – FDC+ Enhanced Floppy Controller (Full Demo) (28:29)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U013-9eB1A&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=41&pp=iAQB
Connecting a Teletype Model 33 to a Computer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNbo46Yw92M&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=42&pp=iAQB
Foley Edition of the Altair 8800b Turnkey Computer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNbo46Yw92M&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=42&pp=iAQB
Altair 8800 All-In-One Computer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiB3JzctVN8&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=44&pp=iAQB
Fully functional Altair 8800 Built from New Equipment in 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5LjkL5b4n8&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=45&pp=iAQB0gcJCYcKAYcqIYzv
CP/M 3 Part 1 – Booting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYur2S_pByk&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=46&pp=iAQB
CP/M 3 Part 2 – New Commands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TphVIJJVnIo&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=47&pp=iAQB
CP/M 3 Part 3 – New Commands (cont’d)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ikb1XK_ZmI&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=48&pp=iAQB
CP/M 3 Part 4 – Programming Environment #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DKpgRk_Y-4&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=49&pp=iAQB
OP-80A Paper Tape Reader as Altair Cassette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg6D8eidyqg&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=50&pp=iAQB
Polymorphic 8813 with rare CP/M Mods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfbVE6MnBRE&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=51&pp=iAQB
CP/M 2.2AT Combo Altair/Tarbell BIOS for Altair 8800
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBd4NoL32-Y&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=52&pp=iAQB
#43–45 – Turnkey / 8800b / All-In-One Builds
#46–49 – CP/M 3 Series (4 Parts)
#53 – 88-UIO Universal I/O Board (11:32)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1edCOd68iGI&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=53&pp=iAQB
#54–56 – MITS/Pertec/iCOM Floppy Drives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihqOO0bFTdw&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=54&pp=iAQB0gcJCYcKAYcqIYzv
#57 – 8080 vs 6800 Comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FthALAxtOiE&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=57&pp=iAQB
#58–62 – Early Altair 8800 - Adding a Floppy Drive #1 (5-Part Series)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By8RVgZ19pE&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=58&pp=iAQB
Early Altair 8800 - Adding a Floppy Drive #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxNHoa_kz80&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=59&pp=iAQB
Early Altair 8800 - Adding a Floppy Drive #3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Us_OWXg8Y&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=60&pp=iAQB0gcJCYcKAYcqIYzv
Early Altair 8800 - Adding a Floppy Drive #4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D44wMshPh1s&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=61&pp=iAQB
Early Altair 8800 - Adding a Floppy Drive – BASIC #5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7vbI-kSvo0&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=62&pp=iAQB
#63 – No Operating System? No Problem - Integrating an Early Microcomputer Floppy Disk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l3okOGzz-g&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=63&pp=iAQB
#64 – Teletype Model 15 as CP/M Console
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryb7HFP_GgU&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=64&pp=iAQB
#65 – 8-Inch Floppy Drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTutUq15mZI&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=65&pp=iAQB

🟦 PART 5 — Cassette & Modern Enhancements (Videos 66–79)

#66 – CP/M on the Altair 8800 without a Floppy Controller or Disk Drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa-DNcmbVLY&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=66&pp=iAQB0gcJCYcKAYcqIYzv
#67–68 – Replacement for the Altair Cassette Interface 88-ACR (2 Parts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OvUOx5KInc&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=67&pp=iAQB
Replacement for the Altair Cassette Interface 88-ACR #2 (88-ACR)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DllBcLq1ZoI&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=68&pp=iAQB
#69 – Altair Cassette Interface using the 88-2SIO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkVj411i1hM&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=69&pp=iAQB
#70 – Creating Boot Tape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM9oupN97HE&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=70&pp=iAQB
#71 – New RAM/PROM Board for Early S-100 Computers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkFo471Nvvk&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=71&pp=iAQB
#72–73 – Altair Floppy Disk Redux (2 Parts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAjmxDIsDng&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=72&pp=iAQB
#74–75 – Resurrecting Tape OS (2 Parts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKjDf_9AkPA&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=74&pp=iAQB
#76–77 – Turbo-Charging Cassette Interface #1 (2 Parts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPlqqFg-KCE&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=76&pp=iAQB
Turbo-Charging Cassette Interface #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVIac1Wm1lg&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=77&pp=iAQB
#78–79 – Glass Teletype Projects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1iZ_xZ3fpY&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=78&pp=iAQB

🟦 PART 6 — A Better Glass Teletype for Early Microcomputers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebk7MK2Ax-c&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=79&pp=iAQB

Validating Microsoft's First Software Performance Promise (16:59)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy_7ItqwjQA&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=80&pp=iAQB
First Disk Operating System for a Microcomputer? (25:42)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpHKygZ7OHY&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=81&pp=iAQB
Using the First Disk Operating System for a Microcomputer (37:18)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UUIszs1R5w&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=82&pp=iAQB
The Final Days of the First Microcomputer Disk Operating System (38:21)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAFpEO4go9s&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj&index=83&pp=iAQB

🔎 Notes for Working on S-100 Systems

Ongoing Altair 8800 / S-100 / CP/M work relevant to projects:

#5 (Interrupt cycle timing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5CHGm1eOio&t=29s&pp=ygUdZGVyYW1wIEludGVycnVwdCBjeWNsZSB0aW1pbmc%3D
#16–19 (CP/M deep dives)
#53 (88-UIO board)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1edCOd68iGI&pp=ygUTZGVyYW1wIDg4LVVJTyBib2FyZA%3D%3D
#71 (New S-100 RAM/PROM board)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkFo471Nvvk&t=2s&pp=ygUfZGVyYW1wIE5ldyBTLTEwMCBSQU0vUFJPTSBib2FyZA%3D%3D
#66 (CP/M without floppy hardware)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa-DNcmbVLY&pp=ygUjZGVyYW1wIENQL00gd2l0aG91dCBmbG9wcHkgaGFyZHdhcmU%3D
#80–83 (Early disk OS deep technical history)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UUIszs1R5w&pp=ygUrZGVyYW1wIEVhcmx5IGRpc2sgT1MgZGVlcCB0ZWNobmljYWwgaGlzdG9yeQ%3D%3D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UUIszs1R5w&pp=ygUrZGVyYW1wIEVhcmx5IGRpc2sgT1MgZGVlcCB0ZWNobmljYWwgaGlzdG9yeQ%3D%3D

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