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'''SCELBI''' was an early model of [[microcomputer]] based on the [[Intel 8008]] processor. The company SCELBI ( derived from SCIentific-ELectronics-BIology) Computer Consulting originated in 1973, founded by Nat Wadsworth ( -November 1988) The SCELBI 8H was marketed in 1974 and was delivered either as an assembled unit or as a kit, with five basic circuit boards and provision for memory expansion to 16,384 words of 8 bits each. The company offered input/output devices including a keyboard, teleprinter interface, alphanumeric oscilloscope interface, and a cassette tape interface for data storage. The basic system only used a [[front panel]] with 11 switches and LEDs for input and output.
'''SCELBI''' was an early model of [[microcomputer]] based on the [[Intel 8008]] processor. The company SCELBI ( derived from SCIentific-ELectronics-BIology) Computer Consulting originated in 1973, founded by Nat Wadsworth.

The company also offered a language system SCELBAL, which was similar to BASIC. Optional modules for strings and transcendental functions allowed the system to operate in small memory configurations.


The initial model 8H was discontinued at the end of 1974 and an improved model 8B was introduced. Fewer than 150 board sets and assembled systems were ever sold.<ref>http://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Personal/Scelbi.html SCELBI 8H, retrieved November 12, 2018 </ref> Later in 1975, the availability of systems based on the more flexible 8080 processor reduced demand for the slower 8008-based product. The company discovered that the demand for books on microcomputers was very high and published several books; the publishing business was sold in 1982.
The initial model 8H was discontinued at the end of 1974 and an improved model 8B was introduced. Fewer than 150 board sets and assembled systems were ever sold.<ref>http://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Personal/Scelbi.html SCELBI 8H, retrieved November 12, 2018 </ref> Later in 1975, the availability of systems based on the more flexible 8080 processor reduced demand for the slower 8008-based product. The company discovered that the demand for books on microcomputers was very high and published several books; the publishing business was sold in 1982.

Revision as of 00:25, 21 December 2018

SCELBI was an early model of microcomputer based on the Intel 8008 processor. The company SCELBI ( derived from SCIentific-ELectronics-BIology) Computer Consulting originated in 1973, founded by Nat Wadsworth.

The initial model 8H was discontinued at the end of 1974 and an improved model 8B was introduced. Fewer than 150 board sets and assembled systems were ever sold.[1] Later in 1975, the availability of systems based on the more flexible 8080 processor reduced demand for the slower 8008-based product. The company discovered that the demand for books on microcomputers was very high and published several books; the publishing business was sold in 1982.

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