A UK101 story
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 5:30 pm
Hello
In the late Seventies an electronics enthusiast wanted his own computer ...
I used to take Practical Electronics magazine and they mentioned that they would be running a series on building your own computer -the UK101.
The supplier was CompShop and their shop in Barnet was just a couple of miles away. I used to walk there just to peer at the prototype on the sales counter.
Anyway, that young man saved up and bought one. Somehow it worked first time and it soon acquired a case. Other add-ons and upgrades followed, however it was put away to be replaced by a shiny new computer that was all the rage. The UK101 was sealed in a box and soon, nearly forty years later, I hope to do a pre-test and bring it back up.
As my first question, where in the UK can I get a new 40 pin DIP header plug or two. I need to make up a new expansion cable.
In the late Seventies an electronics enthusiast wanted his own computer ...
I used to take Practical Electronics magazine and they mentioned that they would be running a series on building your own computer -the UK101.
The supplier was CompShop and their shop in Barnet was just a couple of miles away. I used to walk there just to peer at the prototype on the sales counter.
Anyway, that young man saved up and bought one. Somehow it worked first time and it soon acquired a case. Other add-ons and upgrades followed, however it was put away to be replaced by a shiny new computer that was all the rage. The UK101 was sealed in a box and soon, nearly forty years later, I hope to do a pre-test and bring it back up.
As my first question, where in the UK can I get a new 40 pin DIP header plug or two. I need to make up a new expansion cable.