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Old 09-03-2011, 03:33 AM  
rowan
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I had one of those, also had a "build your own microcomputer" one from the mid 1980s. It had 8 LEDs for addressing (all in binary), a single digit display (hexadecimal), 16 keys, and you had to program it in machine code.

Ahh, here it is







More info: http://vintagecomputer.livejournal.com/67414.html

It was pretty clumsy and a bit flimsy. I remember cutting up the cardboard backing and soldering everything together a couple of years later.
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