Educ-8

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The Educ-8 was an early microcomputer kit published by Electronics Australia in a series of articles starting in August 1974 and continuing through 1975. Electronics Australia initially believed that it was the first such kit but later discovered that Radio-Electronics had just beaten it with their Mark-8 however Electronics Australia staff believed that their TTL design was superior to the Mark-8 as it did not require the purchase of an expensive microprocessor chip.

The Educ-8 was an 8-bit bit-serial design with 256 bytes of RAM. The instruction set was based on the DEC PDP-8. Like the MITS Altair 8800, the only I/O available on the basic Educ-8 was the front-panel lights and switches. Later articles included a variety of peripherals.

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• The Electronics Australia EDUC-8 microcomputer
• Educ-8 Documentation