Datanumerics DL8A is here! Have a peek @ ... - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

4 Mar 1998

Altair in sheep's clothing?  Not a chance!  Wait till you see inside!
The motherboard is organised in ROWS of chips, something like A to F
And... it's stationed at the top (ie: roof) of the machine.
Amazing amazing.  Its an 8080A by the way.
A

-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Yowza &lt;yowza(a)yowza.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: Datanumerics DL8A is here! Have a peek @ ...

...
 On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Andrew Davie wrote:

  It arrived 10 minutes ago.
 I'm so excited, I just put up a quick web page so you can all see it.
 Its obviously not an IMSAI...?  So... anyone know anything about it.
 Comments appreciated (even "I want it!!") 
OK, I want it!!  Very cool.  It looks a lot like an Altair (from the pix,
I saw a one-to-one correspondence to Altair toggles).  According to Hans
Pufal's list, it came out the same year as the Altair (1975):
 http://www.digiweb.com/~hansp/ccc/clist3.htm

Any chance it is an Altair in sheep's clothing?

-- Doug