8 Sep
1998
8 Sep
'98
12:51 p.m.
While browsing several old BYTE magazines, I came across an ad for the
Signetics Instructor 50 SBC. Althoug the ad wasn't very good, it looks like
it could be an SBC style S-100 Altair clone with a hex keypad, display, and
data switches. Sort of an Altair-KIM hybrid (if one can imagine such a
thing).
Does anyone have any info on this beast?
Rich Cini/WUGNET <nospam_rcini(a)msn.com>
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9 Sep
9 Sep
10:47 a.m.
On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Richard A. Cini, Jr. wrote:
While browsing several old BYTE magazines, I came
across an ad for the
Signetics Instructor 50 SBC. Althoug the ad wasn't very good, it looks like
it could be an SBC style S-100 Altair clone with a hex keypad, display, and
data switches. Sort of an Altair-KIM hybrid (if one can imagine such a
thing).
There was at least one other SBC like this. I have an Explorer 85 that
has room for two S-100 slots (mine has one S-100 connector soldered in).
And I believe my SD Z-80 Starter System SBC can also accomodate an S-100
board.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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10:57 a.m.
On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Richard A. Cini, Jr. wrote:
While browsing several old BYTE magazines, I came
across an ad for the
Signetics Instructor 50 SBC. Althoug the ad wasn't very good, it looks like
it could be an SBC style S-100 Altair clone with a hex keypad, display, and
data switches. Sort of an Altair-KIM hybrid (if one can imagine such a
thing).
It's easy to imagine an Altair-KIM hyrid since one actually existed. It
was called the KIMSAI -- an S-100 extension for the KIM by ThinkerToys.
-- Doug
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