--- Stuart Johnson <stuart(a)stuartsjohnsonfamily.net> wrote: True. That one is nicely loaded. If I didn't have one just like it, I might be tempted. Notable features include the KT8A MMU (not really useful under OS/8, but if you want to play with RTS-8 it's kinda nice), the RL8A, and most of all, the push-button front-panel. About the only "standard" things it's missing are a 128KW MOS board (instead of the two 32K boards), an RX8E, possibly a 4-port SLU board (KL8A? KL8EJ?) and perhaps a parallel printer board (there were several for either the LA180 or one of the daisy-wheel printers that were common when the -8/a was sold as a WPS-8 machine). I have an RL01 disk or two with OS/8 on it, but my -8/a has a broken KM8A - when it's installed, the bus is locked up and I don't get normal response from the front panel. When I remove the KM8A, I can talk to the CPU and toggle in little programs (in the lowest 4K). One of these days, I need to sit down and debug that KM8A. If I had a working KK8E, I could pull the KK8A/KM8A out. That's a different kettle of fish (but at least I finally was able to dismantle and repair my sticky circuit breaker) Given a disk, that -8/a could make someone very happy. It has everything else you'd need (except cables, probably ;-) -ethan