12 Aug
2005
12 Aug
'05
7:10 p.m.
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Scott Stevens wrote:
The Replica One looks like a cool project. But
I'm a little disturbed
that he calls it a 'replica' considering:
Semantics. Just stop bitching, buy one and have fun.
And it doesn't use the original chips? My hope
was that it was a true
'replica' and you could order it for Big Bucks with vintage silicon, or
order a bare etched and drilled circuit board and have the fun of
seeking out (or digging through your junkbox of spare chips) for the
chips.
Ok, you get your hands on an actual Apple-1, then trace out the board,
etch a copy, and then good luck finding all the rare chips (the shift
registers for instance). Many have considered it, few have looked into
it, and so far none have succeeded. I know one guy who has collected all
the chips and has done the tracing and is ready to build a new board and
assemble it. The time and effort and money that will going into this will
be considerably higher than the $159 that the ASSEMBLED and TESTED
Replica-1 sells for (and that even includes an ASCII keyboard). If you're
cheap and adventurous, buy the $119 kit version, or if you're really
cheap and adventurous, buy the barebones kit version for $60.
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