In light of something Mr. Jaeger said to me off-list regarding his motives
in not making "his" Mark-8 boards readily available to those wishing to
build reproduction Mark-8s,
*plonk*
Anyone up for an open source hardware community project for reproduction
Mark-8 boards under a CC-A-SA license?
http://bytecollector.com/mark_8.htm
http://bytecollector.com/m8_docs.htm
On Tue, 20 Aug 2013, Jay Jaeger wrote:
A couple of people have contacted me off-list
regarding my boards.
Although I am not inclined to do a quantity run to sell complete sets of
boards cheaply, if enough people are interested (and "enough" wouldn't have
be all that many), I could do a run of a few to help people complete sets
with missing / damaged boards, the proviso being that in general folks would
not get complete sets of boards, or would provide some documentation of their
existing boards. I *really* don't want to flood the market with these
boards.
People with incomplete board sets should feel free to contact me, preferably
with photos of the boards they have. I'd also appreciate knowing the exact
size of one of the originals - mine should be very close, but are probably
not the exact same size.
Note that I also have a motherboard design that I would be willing to make in
larger quantities (once I have tested it), in case those who have board sets
(complete or incomplete) would want something to plug them into rather than
doing the board-to-board wiring thing. The connector spacing is (or at least
ought to be) the same as the originals. No limits there.
BTW, if I were making a Mark 8 from the originals (which didn't have plated
thru-holes), I'd be tempted to use wire wrap sockets and set them 1/4" to
1/2" above the board to solder them in, rather than soldering chips to the
board.
JRJ