I couldn't help myself.  I've found the PDP/8 family somewhat interesting for
a long time, but never enough to just go out and buy one since the mass and
power to fun ratio just didn't quite cut it.  Along comes the gang at 
Spare Time Gizmos with a quasi-modern 
[PDP/8 workalike](http://www.SpareTimeGizmos.com/Hardware/SBC6120-2.htm) 
kit...

I just couldn't help myself.  I ordered one of the partial kits... the proto
PCBs of the 
[front panel](http://www.sparetimegizmos.com/Hardware/SBC6120_Front_Panel.htm)
for it are all sold out, but they expect to have production
boards in a couple of weeks!  I've also started the order process for one of
the 
[I/O boards](http://www.jkearney.com/sbc6120/iob6120.htm)
that adds a bunch of neat features.

Yeah, it's just a toy, but the thought of having a PDP/8 clone with a real 
front panel, compact flash storage, etc, was way too appealing to pass up!  

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