And they say that there are no bargains on
eBay...bargains can be had by the patient and / or
lucky!
Are you SURE what you have isn't a SCELBI? (the 8
portsYour description sounds scelbi-like. Please let
us know when pictures are up.
--- Jim Kearney <jim_at_jkearney.com> wrote:
> Rats! I had noted that auction, and was planning on
> bidding, but ended up
> being away from the computer for the last few days
> of it.
>
> Anyway, if you need any help getting it running,
> drop me a line. I ended up
> with a pretty good knowledge of the design after
> debugging mine (recent
> construction, but original design).
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Berg" <groovelists_at_yahoo.com>
> To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 5:54 PM
> Subject: Mark-8 *Faints*
>
>
> > 'Evening all! :)
> >
> > I don't quite know what to say... I suppose I just
> > wanted to tell some people. I'd purchased a
> computer
> > on ebay listed as, "another VERY EARLY HOMEBREW
> > COMPUTER," a while back for $9.00. It didn't come
> in a
> > bit over a month... I contacted the owner and
> waited
> > some more, but had pretty much given up hope on
> it. It
> > arrived today... I peered about inside... It
> appears
> > to be a Mark-8. Has at least the same CPU board...
> I
> > came very close to thumping onto the floor... It
> has a
> > homebuilt case... it's about sewing machine sized.
> It
> > has 8 ports of some type, a tape port, a control
> port.
> > Inside, it has the CPU board, some input type
> board,
> > some output type board, a board labelled add, and
> 2
> > 1011 1k memory cards, all attached to a homemade
> bus.
> > I know it is missing at least a 74xx something
> chip
> > and the power supply, but... I'll put up pictures
> of
> > it sometime in the next day or two.
> >
> > Thanks for hearing me rant! :)
> >
> > Oh yes! Thanks, too, to the kindly people who
> helped
> > me out with the AT&T 3B1 - your help was so very
> > appreciated! :)
> >
> > Andy
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> >
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Received on Mon Jul 15 2002 - 21:37:01 BST