At 10:22 PM 12/9/98 -0800, Sam wrote: The "Amateur Computer Society" was started in 1966 and ran to the early/mid 1970's? It was done in Conn. by a Stephen Gray. Here is a summary of the 10 "Computer Hobbyist" issues. It was started in Nov. 1974 by Hal Chamberlin and others in Cary, NC. Issue 1, Nov 1974: A graphics display for the 8008. (Vector graphics, overview) A modified version was printed later in BYTE by Steve Ciarcia, still using a 8008 system as a refresh controller for his main system, Digital Group? Issue 2, Dec. 1974 Graphics display, part 2: hardware. The 8080 is here. (The issue was written on an 8008 system with a floppy disk) Issue 3, Jan 1975 Graphics display, part 3: deflection hardware, CRT's. Displays include musical notes, schematics, a chess board + sw routine. No. 4, Feb 1975 Subscriber's survey (hardware) Human interface for graphics display. 8008 vs 8080 vs IMP-16. No. 5, March/April 1975 Audio cassette data recording, part 1, description, schematic. Computer snowflake display (Uses 32 bit shift register random number gen). No. 6, May, 1975 Audio cassette standard, part 2, parts, pc board. Add a data stack to your 8008 (Also in BYTE Mag.) No. 7 Audio cassette software, CRC routines , etc. Computer ping-pong. No. 8 Interfacing the Altair 8800 bus. No. 9, Feb. 1976 Simple floppy disk interface, formats, description. IMP-16 microcomputer system. Interfacing the Altair, part 2. No. 10, August, 1976 Floppy disk interface, part 2. Pictures from first Trenton Computerfest (Part 3 of the floppy interface = software was going to be next...) -Dave