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Old 3rd Sep 2020, 7:40 pm   #4
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Default Re: I found it !. A very sorry looking MK14

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Originally Posted by SiriusHardware View Post
That looks like a really good 'real life' MK14 ...
Yes, this one had a really good life !.

It's had just about every gadget under the sun plugged into that breadboard, and the main board has been modified no end.

It even had a role in factory life !.

We were installing PLCs in a synthetic fibre plant. We had been told the fast IO cards we needed were on 6 weeks delivery, but it was really 6 months.

To get the plant running in time, I programmed the MK14 to take the fast signals from the plant, and replay them to the PLC a a slower rate.

This is the machine I cut my programming teeth on, and it was fun !.

Very soon after I moved on to Acorn System 1, then Apple ][, and they were fun as well.

Now I've got Arduinos and rPis, but no inclination to do anything with them.

Cheers,

Buzby
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