Technico (Re: TI Minicomputer?)

From: Eric Chomko <chomko_at_greenbelt.com>
Date: Fri Apr 13 09:53:27 2001

ajp me wrote:

> For me to build it as a class project I'd have been the professor. I'd been out of school for a while by then.
> No, I wanted a 9900 based machine to see what was on the non intel track back then. My 9900, ELF, 6800d1 and SC/MP all came from that effort back then. I've had them since before 1979.
>

Whoa! The class I took in microcomputers (two actually) was once a week at 7:00pm. I was a regular full-time day student at that time. However, the class was
populated with many over 30 types and in one class the Prof. was about 60 and the other class the Prof was 28!

Interesting group of machines. Did the F8 have an eval kit?, as you mention the Ti-9900, RCA 1802, Mot 6800, and National's "Scamp". Fairchild's F8 seems to
be the ONLY one you missed barring 6502 and Z-80, which became very popular anyway. I think I have the spec books for most of the chips you list above.

Eric


>
> Allison
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Eric Chomko <chomko_at_greenbelt.com>
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Sent: April 13, 2001 4:07:02 AM GMT
> Subject: Re: Technico (Re: TI Minicomputer?)
>
> Did you build it for a class project? Techinco was based out of Columbia, MD.
>
> Eric
>
> ajp166 wrote:
>
> > From: James B. DiGriz <jbdigriz_at_dragonsweb.org>
> >
> > >On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Eric Chomko wrote:
> > >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> A company called 'Technico' put out a TI 9900-based single board mirco
> > back in
> > >> the
> > >> late 70s before TI had the 99/4. I rememebr building one for a class
> > project in
> > >> college. In fact, I got one in the attic that I need to frag out of of
> > these days
> >
> > I have one and it's operational. Bought is back in '77.
> >
> > Allison
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