13 Feb
2008
13 Feb
'08
4:56 p.m.
Dave,
He's probably a starving student like we were at one time and doesn't
have
a
lot of disposable cash. And beer is expensive.
I sent him the "free" simulator. An ET-3400A un-built kit just sold
for
$355
on Ebay ! The " A" has 1024 bytes of RAM vs 256.
I think your price is off by about a factor of 10 based on what I've
seen.
If you find one that cheap ( $10 - $20 ) I'll buy
it !
Best regards, Steven
I believe the premium for this particular deal was its un-built state.
The ET-3400 is common and inexpensive. I think I'll go buy one myself,
since I have a fondness for them since my freshman college course used
one.
I find any un-built Heathkit has significantly more value.
13 Feb
13 Feb
5:20 p.m.
New subject: Heath ET-3400 Trainer Simulator SW
On Feb 13, 2008 1:56 PM, James Fogg <James at jdfogg.com> wrote:
I don't see anything *too* special about it... my college was just
getting rid of the SDK-86 boards they used to use (custom mounted
between two sheets of plexiglass) and I snagged one; I've already
given it away or I would have offered it, since it seems to be
similar--old processor, some ram, breadboards, keypad, hex display.
Nowadays we use smaller 68000 SBCs for assembly; that was a fun course.
John
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Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
Dave,
He's probably a starving student like we were at one time and doesn't
have
a
lot of disposable cash. And beer is expensive.
I sent him the "free" simulator. An ET-3400A un-built kit just sold
for
$355
on Ebay ! The " A" has 1024 bytes of RAM vs 256.
I think your price is off by about a factor of 10 based on what I've
seen.
If you find one that cheap ( $10 - $20 ) I'll
buy it !
Best regards, Steven
I believe the premium for this particular deal was its un-built state.
The ET-3400 is common and inexpensive. I think I'll go buy one myself,
since I have a fondness for them since my freshman college course used
one.
14 Feb
14 Feb
10:29 a.m.
New subject: Heath ET-3400 Trainer Simulator SW
On Feb 13, 2008, at 5:20 PM, John Floren wrote:
my college was just
getting rid of the SDK-86 boards they used to use (custom mounted
between two sheets of plexiglass) and I snagged one; I've already
given it away or I would have offered it, since it seems to be
similar--old processor, some ram, breadboards, keypad, hex display.
SDK-86 is a different animal though, as it's basically an eval
board from the manufacturer to introduce their new processor. A
processor that (inexplicably) turned out to be rather popular, I
might add, as the damn thing just won't die. Those boards regularly
go for $200, sometimes higher. I paid $320 for mine a few years ago,
then got another one (broken) for $150 a few weeks later...I repaired
it and sold it for nearly $300.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
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