1974 Radio-Electronics: Mark-8 Microcomputer Kit - Intel 8008 pre Altair 8800 For Sale
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1974 Radio-Electronics: Mark-8 Microcomputer Kit - Intel 8008 pre Altair 8800:
$85.00
Radio-Electronics, July 1974Build the Mark-8
Predating the famous Altair 8800 by a good six months, this is the very magazine that introducedone of the first computer kits to grace the cover of a major trade magazine,the Mark-8. Designed by Jonathan A. Titus, co-author of the popular "Bugbook" series, the minicomputer was based around theIntel 8008 microprocessorand used up to (32) 1101/1101A 256-bit RAM chips, for a total of 1 kilobyte of memory. The featured article contains adetailed description of the unit,as well as acomplete parts list and original prices for the six unpopulated circuit boards. Not exactly cheap to build, the CPU chip alone cost $120 at the time, almost $500 in today's currency.
Also in this issue is a great article onearly handheld calculators, from display multiplexing to keyboard encoding to the inner workings of the integrated circuits that made it all possible.Included is a table summarizing the characteristics of a dozen or so calculator chips from AMI, Cal Tex, General Instruments, Intel, MOS Technology, TI, and Mostek.
Apart from a small ding/tear in the lower right corner of the front cover (see photo), the magazine is in very good condition.
THIS sale IS FOR THE MAGAZINE ONLY. THERE IS NO HARDWARE FOR SALE.
