Quiz time, what was the first commercially available microcomputer? The Altair 8800? Something obscure like the SCELBI? The Mark-8 kit? According to [The Byte Attic], it was actually the Q1 ...

I came across something I hadn’t seen before. The Mensch Microcomputer is a product from Western Design Center (WDC) that puts a microcontroller based on the 65xx core on a small breakout board.

Provides electronic security devices (dongles) for parallel, USB, and serial ports to prevent software piracy. Dongles are used to license products, control counters, and for expiration dates. By ...