"Tony Duell" <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> said:
> I'm still waiting for someone to start
selling something similar to the
old
> RadioShack/Tandy "Science Fair" kit
(the one with the breadboard - was
it
> the 300 In One?) and include a section in the
guide about hooking it up
to a
I think that kit is still sold by Maplin in the UK. At
least I've seen
one in their shops which seems to include a plugblock type breadboard.
Can't
say I've seen it in the local store. Then again, I stopped looking at
the kits section when they discontinued the Z80 Development System. And I
was only ?5 away from buying one, too (I was about 13 yrs old at the time).
Alas, a Maplin Z80 Development System has joined the list of the many SBC's
I'd like to acquire...
So far, my current list is:
MOS KIM-1
Synertek SYM-1 or SY-VIM-1
Rockwell AIM-65 (with or without printer, with or without case)
Compukit UK101 (yes, I want a UK101...)
Maplin Z80 Development System
Anyone want to part with any of the above? I nearly managed to get a "box
full" of SYM-1s last year but the guy who had them has since lost his job
and said he'd e-mail me when "everything is sorted out"...
computer using
a buffer board and printer cable. Then introduce kids to
Agreed. I have never seen
an experimental kit that covers computer
interfacing. Maybe somebody should design one. Of course getting it to
pass the EMC regulations (which are mandatory in the UK, even for kits)
would be the expensive part :-(
Blasted EMC regs...
Later.
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Phil.
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