At 10:22 PM 12/9/98 -0800, Sam wrote:
>Never heard of either "Computer Hobbyist" or "Amateur Computer Society"
>but I'd love to trade copies of those for copies of what I have.
>
>Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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>Always being hassled by the man.
>
> Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0
> See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details!
> [Last web site update: 12/07/98]
>
The "Amateur Computer Society" was started in 1966 and ran to the early/mid
1970's? It was done in Conn. by a Stephen Gray.
Here is a summary of the 10 "Computer Hobbyist" issues. It was started in
Nov. 1974 by Hal Chamberlin and others in Cary, NC.
Issue 1, Nov 1974:
A graphics display for the 8008. (Vector graphics, overview)
A modified version was printed later in BYTE by Steve Ciarcia, still using a
8008 system as a refresh controller for his main system, Digital Group?
Issue 2, Dec. 1974
Graphics display, part 2: hardware.
The 8080 is here.
(The issue was written on an 8008 system with a floppy disk)
Issue 3, Jan 1975
Graphics display, part 3: deflection hardware, CRT's. Displays include
musical notes, schematics, a chess board + sw routine.
No. 4, Feb 1975
Subscriber's survey (hardware)
Human interface for graphics display.
8008 vs 8080 vs IMP-16.
No. 5, March/April 1975
Audio cassette data recording, part 1, description, schematic.
Computer snowflake display (Uses 32 bit shift register random number gen).
No. 6, May, 1975
Audio cassette standard, part 2, parts, pc board.
Add a data stack to your 8008 (Also in BYTE Mag.)
No. 7
Audio cassette software, CRC routines , etc.
Computer ping-pong.
No. 8
Interfacing the Altair 8800 bus.
No. 9, Feb. 1976
Simple floppy disk interface, formats, description.
IMP-16 microcomputer system.
Interfacing the Altair, part 2.
No. 10, August, 1976
Floppy disk interface, part 2.
Pictures from first Trenton Computerfest
(Part 3 of the floppy interface = software was going to be next...)
-Dave
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