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S-100 bus based computers [message #405121] Wed, 03 February 2021 04:36 Go to next message
Anonymous
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Originally posted by: Marco Scholz

"This web site is setup for people who are interested in vintage S-100
bus based computers. These computers were the first home computers
people used before IBM-PC, Apple etc. computers existed."

http://s100computers.com/


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Re: S-100 bus based computers [message #405135 is a reply to message #405121] Wed, 03 February 2021 16:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Quadibloc is currently offline  Quadibloc
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On Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 2:36:14 AM UTC-7, Marco Scholz wrote:
> "This web site is setup for people who are interested in vintage S-100
> bus based computers. These computers were the first home computers
> people used before IBM-PC, Apple etc. computers existed."
>
> http://s100computers.com/

That's _almost_ true. Before the Altair 8800, however, there *was*
the Mark-8 computer!

John Savard
Re: S-100 bus based computers [message #405146 is a reply to message #405135] Thu, 04 February 2021 07:47 Go to previous message
Anonymous
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Originally posted by: Marco Scholz

On 2021-02-03, Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
[...]
> That's _almost_ true. Before the Altair 8800, however, there *was*
> the Mark-8 computer!

Indeed!

Wikipedia:

"The Mark-8 is a microcomputer design from 1974, based on the Intel 8008
CPU"
"The Mark-8 was introduced as a 'build it yourself' project in
Radio-Electronics's July 1974 cover article,"

"The Altair 8800 is a microcomputer designed in 1974 by MITS and based on
the Intel 8080 CPU.[1] Interest grew quickly after it was featured on
the cover of the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics"


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