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RCA 1800 Cosmac thingy

  • 22-07-2012 1:34pm
    #1
    ahal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 536 ✭✭✭


    Another one for yizer appraisal!

    Yes, I picked this one up from the States many years ago ... and I can't say I've come across another. I have very little idea what it's about at all. Maybe someone on here recongnises this, might have an idea of what it was used for (to teach kids computing, or actual computing?) and whether or not it's worth anything.

    Many thanks,

    Tony.


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  • #2
    Dale Parish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Dale Parish


    Without any research it looks like some sort of programmable (in hexadecimal) computer. That's a 2.5MHz CPU. It's probably from the late 70s or early to mid 80s.


  • #3
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Are these things not more industrially orientated as opposed to arcade/retro/gaming? They seem to be just mainframe terminals, are they actually collectable? Few of them cropping up here lately :confused:


  • #4
    LoGiE
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 2,975 Mod ✭✭✭✭LoGiE


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Are these things not more industrially orientated as opposed to arcade/retro/gaming? They seem to be just mainframe terminals, are they actually collectable? Few of them cropping up here lately :confused:

    Agreed, might be more appropriate in All Things Retro.


  • #5
    Taltos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,830 ✭✭✭✭Taltos


    Makes for interesting reading in Wiki land.
    They have an article there on the 1802 - not the 1800 - made it all the way into space seemingly....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_1802


  • #6
    ahal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 536 ✭✭✭ahal


    "The 1802 uses 5EX instruction" :D

    Too hot for Arcade and Retro? :pac::pac::pac:


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