Mark-8 Minicomputer Kit on E-bay

From: Mike <ipscone_at_msdsite.com>
Date: Wed Mar 12 11:07:30 2003

If it's not "old" then it's "new." Any spinning to try and make something
seem old, when all the parts were recently made is deceptive, unless it is
made crystal clear that this is just a remanufacture of an old design.

Clearly, some of the parts have not been manufactured in some time, so
those parts by definition are old. However, any attempt (or missing
description) that fails to describe the reality of this kit, is still
deception, in my opinion.

>>From: "Mike" <kenziem_at_sympatico.ca>
>> I asked about the kit and the owner did say that it was a new one he
>> had purchased. I guess that not every one asks about the product they
>> are buying. I was expecting the owner to add a note to the ad
>> mentioning that
> it
>> was a 'NEW' kit.
>
> It's a little hard to quantify 'NEW' for these Mark-8's... while the
> boards were made
> recently, they were made from the original published patterns, and are
> not plated-through or otherwise 'newer' than the originals except in the
> age of the raw materials. The Radio-Electronics articles have all the
> layouts, and some
> number of Mark-8's were home etched, or even wire-wrapped, so it's not
> like there's One True Source. When I built mine (from Steve Gabaly's
> boards), I was
> able to find most of the TTL parts in 70's vintage. So how 'new' is it?
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