<>Maybe that's why I have an intel Intellec MDS 8080 development system What's significant is it was one of several used by the terminals and printers engineering at DEC to develope the VT100! <little minis inside. You know what else is just as nice the same way? Th <Tektronix boxes built around the LSI-11.... I've seen a few of them but the LSI-11 itself wasn't built poorly either. I have a few Q-bus PDP-11s. That was the point of the multibus design used in the MDS. They defined and created a distinct bus that was robust. The MDS box was the start of that that line (multibus cards) as well. <It's like having a '56 or '57 Mercedes. The whole world knows how sexy an <pricey a 300SL is, be it the Gullwing or the roadster; but it takes a It may be but when it's a particular one with a known history then there is more to it. Allison