Re: Meh!..Meh, Meh
Ditto - but only after soldering all the bits and pieces onto the PCB in the first place; how else was one supposed to get hold of a microprocessor and write code for it?
I also made these things on Vero stripboard back then. With 7 segment LED displaying an 8 bit latch (I think 74LS374) outputs and a hex keypad from RS.
But the college machines which were essentially the same thing were repurposed point of sale machines.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
