early non-US personal computers

From: John Honniball <John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk>
Date: Thu Oct 12 06:57:45 2000

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 04:46:41 -0400 (EDT) Doug Salot
<doug_at_blinkenlights.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for foreign brothers of machines like the Altair
> (microprocessor), Kenbak-1 (discrete logic), Minivac (clocked relays),
> GENIAC (rotary switches), etc. I'm also looking for pointers to old (say,
> 1940-1970) electronic hobbyist mags outside of the US.

Early UK machines:

Science of Cambridge MK14 (SC/MP CPU)
Acorn System One (6502 CPU)
Tangerine MicroTan (6502 CPU)
Nascom-1 (Z80 or 8080 I think)

UK Magazines (and published constructional projects):

Practical Wireless
Practical Electronics (UK101 with 6502 CPU in 1979)
Everyday Electronics
Electronics Today International (6800 machine in 1977)
Hobby Electronics
Wireless World
Elektor (Junior Computer, SC/MP I think)
Personal Computer World (Early issues included electronics)

--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
Received on Thu Oct 12 2000 - 06:57:45 BST

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