Strange MITS ad.

From: dave dameron <ddameron_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Mon Aug 24 22:19:53 1998

Hi Doug and all,
At 07:51 PM 8/24/98 -0500, you wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Richard A. Cini, Jr. wrote:
>
>> While in the process of examining my old P-E and R-E magazines, I came
>> across an ad for MITS from mid-1974. The ad was for a 4-channel digital
>> handheld memory scope (model MS416) for $189. It seems to be a simple
>> digital logic analyzer.
>
>I think Dave mentioned that ad a few days ago, and I've seen one too.
>MITS made a bunch of other stuff before they made the Altair. Stan Veit
>tells the story about MITS and the Altair in his book "History of the
>Personal Computer." He mentions that Roberts had done a "built your own
>calculator" project for P-E. Anybody know which issue that was?
>
>-- Doug
>
I don't have this issue, but the Dec. 71 index shows for the November '71 issue:
"An electronic desk calculator you can build", by Roberts, page 27.

Later in the Oct. -Dec. 1974 issues he had a digital logic course with a low
cost terminal- 3 octal digits.

In the 1974 Electronic Experimenter's Handbook, there was a 6/9/12 digit
hand-held calculator by Lorinda Russell amd Bill Yates of MITS. I don't know
what P.E. issue this is from. This issue also had 2 articles by Harry
Garland and Roger Melen, including the "Muscle Whistler". I still have one.
Later Cromemco had a similar relation with P.E. For example, in the Feb.
1976 issue was the "TV Dazzler" article.
-Dave
Received on Mon Aug 24 1998 - 22:19:53 BST