[sdiy] Here's an odd search I'm on - S-100 bus systems ......

[Rykhaard D.A.M.I.A.N.]

For the past couple of months, I've remembered seeing the 1975 January issue
of Popular Electronics magazine, featuring the 'home computer' origin - the
Altair 8800 system.  A panel full of switches with individual LEDs for
programming the actual software by, in BITS. :O

Oddly - for the past couple of months - I thought that such a system would
be wonderful, built into a modular for controlling my clocks and sequencers,
that are coming. ;)

Now - does ANYone out there know of the availability of any:

Altair 8800 computers
Imsai 680 series computers (and THEY are back at http://www.imsai.net :) :)
)
Digital PDP-8, or PDP-7 computers

??  If I recall correctly, they're all S-100 buss systems, that can be
configured in a mindbendlingly HUGE # of ways.
Yes - it's a primitive way of programming, but - the character it would add
to my machine.  ;)  The 30 year old desire for such a system has re-emerged.
;)  LOL

If anyone knows of any S-100 buss modules / parts / computers available,
please let me know. :)  The search is on. :D
D.A.M.I.A.N. (my new modular) will love it!  Haha.  The marriage of
electronics and wood.  Ahhhhhhhh. :D ;)

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Take care,
Warmth and Peace,
Ryk
http://www.geocities.com/dolphinicus2003/damian.html - old webpage of my new
modular synthesizer, D.A.M.I.A.N. :)
http://deathlehem.bravehost.com/damian.html - new webpage that I'm moving
the old one to ;) (still very new. Much more info to be moved into it.)
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