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Old February 13th 05, 01:14 AM
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1 Mhz. 1 kB RAM. Hobbyist built a replica from scratch in his basement:
http://glikglik.blogspot.com/2005/02/moon-computer.html

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Old February 13th 05, 02:33 AM
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wrote...
1 Mhz. 1 kB RAM. Hobbyist built a replica from scratch
in his basement:
http://glikglik.blogspot.com/2005/02/moon-computer.html


And if you follow the links to get to the download site, you can get the
entire DIY instructions. Since this is fabulously obscure stuff, it is of
course hosted at klabs

http://klabs.org/history/build_agc/

- Peter


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Old February 17th 05, 01:11 AM
Rupert Goodwins
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On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 02:33:36 GMT, "Peter Smith"
wrote:


wrote...
1 Mhz. 1 kB RAM. Hobbyist built a replica from scratch
in his basement:
http://glikglik.blogspot.com/2005/02/moon-computer.html


And if you follow the links to get to the download site, you can get the
entire DIY instructions. Since this is fabulously obscure stuff, it is of
course hosted at klabs

http://klabs.org/history/build_agc/


I particularly like the Heavy Ion Test Trips - which really, really
ought to have "man" appended at the end.

http://klabs.org/richcontent/Misc_Co...rips/index.htm

I'm still not entirely sure what klabs *is*, but I do know it is
exactly the reason Tim Berners-Lee was brought into this world.

- Peter

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