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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BillM" data-source="post: 4299713" data-attributes="member: 45785"><p>I built my first computer late in 1978 or early 1979, a COSMAC Elf from Radio Electronics magazine. Had 256 bytes of memory. Yes, bytes. Not kilobytes or megabytes. That is 1/4 of a typewritten page of ASCII characters. Used 8 little red LED's as output. Cost about $350 to build, and that was with the memory chips dropping sharply in price from about $300 for the 8 chips to $100. One roll of wirewrap wire was $25, and I could afford only one roll. So a difficult to trace wiring error caused it to smoke on first power up. I think they're great toys, but still not ready for prime time.</p></blockquote><p></p>