SWTP 6800 MY FIRST COMPUTER BACK IN THE 70S
Back in the mid 70s, Wayne Green was publishing "73 Magazine" and he believed that computers were on the verge of coming into the world of Amateur Radio. He published a very good article on the Southwest Technical Products 6800 computer which I read and figured I had to have one of those things. I bought the 6800 and put it together and found it most interesting to play around with. Then I made an attempt at writing a program in machine language that would help me 'dupe' my logs after on the air Ham Radio Contests. I have no idea how I did it but it did work so I typed it up and mailed it to 73 Magazine and low and behold, it was published. I must have been a lot smarter back then than I am now.
To the left are several links to websites that refer to the SWTP 6800 which are quite interesting
Copy of the article that appeared in 73 Magazine
I scanned from the magazine and no longer have the actual magazine so this copy is a bit hard to read. It is the best I could do.
