http://www.ebay.ca/itm/SYNERTEK-SYSTEMS-SYM-1-MICRO-TRAINER-POWERS-ON-ships-worldwide-Rare-/191140821314?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item2c80e17942

There were 2, but one is mine now.

I need it like a hole in the head, but I do need it.

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Bill

You need it like fish need more water.

BTW, the quoted shipping rate of US $27.75 for going via post is a rip. That item would ship at 6-7 dollars in the USA and about 12-13 CDN going to Canada. That's including insurance. I just luuuvvve eBay sellers who try to make money on the shipping as well as the item.

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x86?  We ain't got no x86.  We don't NEED no stinking x86!

I agree.

Even if you include the box, the packing, the time and the cost to get to the post office, it's not going to add to $28. But in this case I'm okay with it. I've wanted a SYM-1 for some time and they are never available to me here. The one I bought was only $255 because it has a ribbon cable soldered to the back going to an IDC connector. Easy enough to remove. Overall, if I include the stupid shipping cost, I'll still have decent bargain.

Considering I need it and all.

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Bill

Interesting find. Most of the main ICs have 83 or 82 date codes though, so I'm not sure if it is all as old as claimed?

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8 bit fun and games: https://www.aslak.net/

Same with the one I bought, but to a lesser extent. I wouldn't hold that against it though, unless you were trying to be 'authentic'. I must have a dozen boards of various descriptions with missing ICs. Sometimes it's easier to borrow an IC from a currently unused board than it is to go buy one or order one on-line. Great ideas don't wait forever. When that board becomes 'important' again, you either buy or borrow another IC to get it going.

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Bill

So...

It arrived about a week ago and I had to put it aside for a little while. Got to it today (my day!) It had a few changes to the jumpers for a custom application, a ribbon cable with a connector soldered on to the back and a bad capacitor in the reset circuit (c10). One I removed the cable, fixed the jumpers and replaced the capacitor it works like a charm! It came with 4K of RAM, BASIC ROMs and the additional 6522. It was sent with what seemed to be a brand new reference manual dated 1982. Most of the 65xx series chips are dated '82 or later so I'm guessing it's a later model. The monitor is also the 1.1 version.

I'm happy and looking forward to muckin' around with it.

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Bill