Strange MITS ad. - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

24 Aug 1998

Hi Doug and all,
At 07:51 PM 8/24/98 -0500, you wrote:
...
 On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Richard A. Cini, Jr. wrote:

      While in the process of examining my old P-E
and R-E magazines, I came
 across an ad for MITS from mid-1974. The ad was for a 4-channel digital
 handheld memory scope (model MS416) for $189. It seems to be a simple
 digital logic analyzer. 
I think Dave mentioned that ad a few days ago, and I've seen one too.
MITS made a bunch of other stuff before they made the Altair.  Stan Veit
tells the story about MITS and the Altair in his book "History of the
Personal Computer."  He mentions that Roberts had done a "built your own
calculator" project for P-E.  Anybody know which issue that was?

-- Doug
 I don't have this issue, but the Dec. 71 index shows for the November '71
issue:
"An electronic desk calculator you can build", by Roberts, page 27.

Later in the Oct. -Dec. 1974 issues he had a digital logic course with a low
cost terminal- 3 octal digits.

In the 1974 Electronic Experimenter's Handbook, there was a 6/9/12 digit
hand-held calculator by Lorinda Russell amd Bill Yates of MITS. I don't know
what P.E. issue this is from. This issue also had 2 articles by Harry
Garland and Roger Melen, including the "Muscle Whistler". I still have one.
Later Cromemco had a similar relation with P.E. For example, in the Feb.
1976 issue was the "TV Dazzler" article.
-Dave