Op 10 mrt. 2019, om 20:21 heeft Paul Rogers <[email protected]> het 
volgende geschreven:
> 
>> For those who know how to do that, the result is generally better.  It's 
>> easier today though.  It's not like you need a soldering iron any more.
>> 
>> http://oldcomputers.net/heathkit-h89.html  :)
>> 
>>   -- Bruce
> 
> IMSAI!  Front panel, switches and lights!  Boot by depositing binary code 
> into RAM with the front panel switches a byte at a time.  Totally 1st 
> generation computing.  And I still have it.  ;-)  (Alas :-( , the 
> floating-gate charge has certainly leaked off the 2708's & 2716's by now.)
> 
> I’ve always been very grateful that I was at the right time to have 
> recapitulated essentially the whole history of computing from 1st generation 
> on up, either professionally or personally.
> 
My first one was the “Junior Computer”, inspired by the KIM, a 6502 processor 
with one 2708 and two 2114.  It has a hex keyboard and a hex display.
It dates from 1980 and I’ll try to boot it one of these days.

pvg

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