Altair 680 computer
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The Altair 680 computer is a mid-1970s hobbyist microcomputer kit produced by MITS as a successor to the Altair 8800, notable for using the Motorola 6800 microprocessor instead of the Intel 8080.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Altair 680 computer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8952462 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Altair 680 computer Context triple: [Motorola 6800, usedIn, Altair 680 computer]
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A.
COSMAC ELF computer
The COSMAC ELF computer is a simple, low-cost, build-it-yourself microcomputer from the late 1970s that became popular among hobbyists for learning and experimenting with early personal computing.
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B.
PDP-8
The PDP-8 is a pioneering 12-bit minicomputer introduced in the 1960s that became widely known for its low cost, compact size, and major role in popularizing minicomputers in industry and education.
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C.
Mark-8 computer
The Mark-8 computer was an early 1970s do-it-yourself microcomputer kit for hobbyists, notable as one of the first published designs for a home computer.
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D.
PDP-7
The PDP-7 was a 1960s DEC minicomputer whose relatively low cost and flexible design made it popular in research labs and notable as the machine on which the first version of Unix was developed.
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E.
Honeywell 316 minicomputer
The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Altair 680 computer Target entity description: The Altair 680 computer is a mid-1970s hobbyist microcomputer kit produced by MITS as a successor to the Altair 8800, notable for using the Motorola 6800 microprocessor instead of the Intel 8080.
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A.
COSMAC ELF computer
The COSMAC ELF computer is a simple, low-cost, build-it-yourself microcomputer from the late 1970s that became popular among hobbyists for learning and experimenting with early personal computing.
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B.
PDP-8
The PDP-8 is a pioneering 12-bit minicomputer introduced in the 1960s that became widely known for its low cost, compact size, and major role in popularizing minicomputers in industry and education.
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C.
Mark-8 computer
The Mark-8 computer was an early 1970s do-it-yourself microcomputer kit for hobbyists, notable as one of the first published designs for a home computer.
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D.
PDP-7
The PDP-7 was a 1960s DEC minicomputer whose relatively low cost and flexible design made it popular in research labs and notable as the machine on which the first version of Unix was developed.
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E.
Honeywell 316 minicomputer
The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer kit
ⓘ
microcomputer ⓘ |
| architecture | Motorola 6800 architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brand | Altair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bus | proprietary bus ⓘ |
| category |
1970s microcomputer
ⓘ
single-board computer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cpu | Motorola 6800 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | MITS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formFactor |
desktop computer
ⓘ
kit ⓘ |
| frontPanel | switches and LEDs ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Motorola 6800 microprocessor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
RAM boards ⓘ ROM monitor ⓘ front-panel switches ⓘ status LEDs ⓘ |
| hasPeripheralSupport |
serial interface
ⓘ
teletype terminal ⓘ video terminal (via add-on) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early microcomputer era ⓘ |
| inception |
1975
ⓘ
mid-1970s ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
educational computing
ⓘ
hobbyist computing ⓘ |
| manufacturer | MITS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| market | hobbyist computer market ⓘ |
| memoryType | static RAM ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
sold primarily as a kit to be assembled by users
ⓘ
successor to the Altair 8800 in the MITS product line ⓘ used Motorola 6800 instead of Intel 8080 ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the earliest 6800-based hobbyist microcomputers ⓘ |
| osSupport |
MITS 680 BASIC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
monitor program in ROM ⓘ |
| powerSupply | internal power supply ⓘ |
| predecessor | Altair 8800 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryStorage |
cassette tape
ⓘ
paper tape ⓘ |
| producedBy | Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programmingLanguageSupport |
BASIC
ⓘ
assembly language ⓘ |
| releaseStatus | discontinued ⓘ |
| usedIn |
electronics hobbyist projects
ⓘ
personal computing experiments ⓘ |
| wordSize | 8-bit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Altair 680 computer Description of subject: The Altair 680 computer is a mid-1970s hobbyist microcomputer kit produced by MITS as a successor to the Altair 8800, notable for using the Motorola 6800 microprocessor instead of the Intel 8080.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Motorola 6800