15 Dec
2007
15 Dec
'07
7:07 a.m.
Subject: Small SBC kits for Christmas!
From: "Matt Lichtenberg" <kerobaros at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:21:28 -0600
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
So, every year I like to get myself a little something; this year, I'm
probably going to be getting a new computer (outside the realms of
this list), but I'd also like to get some kind of single-board kit
that I can work on.
I'd like something along the lines of a ZX-81 kit, although it looks
like those are selling for somewhere around $250, when you can find
one. SpareTimeGizmos' Elf 2000 kit also looks fantastic, but I don't
have an 1802 or an 1861 to use in the thing, and I'd rather not hunt
any down. (If anyone wants to get rid of theirs, though, let me know.
*grin*)
The Elf200 is excellent and there is a yahoo group for it as well.
Finding 1802s is generally easy. the 1861 is a different can of worms
but Bob solved that with a tiny board that emulates it. See the Spare
Time Gizmos site for details. No you can't have mine!
Has anyone seen any similar kits out there? They
don't have to be
useful for anything, just fun to play with, and not horribly difficult
to put together. I can solder fairly well, and I'm mean with a
multimeter, but I don't have the money for my own oscilloscope; I just
use other peoples' when they're not looking. Thanks, folks!
If you hunt around the net there are SBC of all sorts.
Allison
~Matt