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In article <34cc5...@news.power.net.uk>, bi...@DeathsDoor.com says...
> I ran the user group for the MK14, one of the first UK "home computers" back
> in 1978(ish).
> 
> The spec for this machine, before any kind of addons was:
> 
> SC/MP processor, 256 bytes of RAM, 512 bytes ROM, led digit display, numeric
> keypad, and no way of saving your code!  A cassette interface and other
> goodies soon followed: the cassette interface was so slow, you could make
> out the individual bits.  Eventually I had 1 1/2 K of ram, and a rather
> feeble video output, but that was really so late in its career to be
> pointless.
> 
> I've got a picture somewhere of the rats nest that was my system, I'll have
> to scan it into my web page.
> 
> Geoff
 
Fond memories, yes. This is the machine that I learnt to program in 
assembler on. I eventually built a video display from a design published 
in Personal Computer World back in the days when they actually had 
circuit diagrams and hardware construction projects. Ordered all the 
TTL and memory chips from the US because at that time it was about twice 
as much to buy them in the UK even with shipping.

Does anybody have any information about the SC/MP ? I know it was a bit-
serial processor but I can't remember much about the architecture. There 
were several computers in that era based on it.

I'd love to hear other recollections of the UK home computer scene from 
around that time.

Simon