On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Andy Berg wrote:
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.
Wow! What an amazing find! And on eBay no less, and for only $9. This
is some sort of omen for the beginning of the end perhaps :)
I look forward to the pictures.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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