<s>
The	O
EDUC-8	B-Device
,	O
pronounced	O
"	O
educate	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
an	O
early	O
microcomputer	B-Architecture
kit	O
published	O
by	O
Electronics	O
Australia	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
articles	O
starting	O
in	O
August	O
1974	O
and	O
continuing	O
to	O
August	O
1975	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronics	O
Australia	O
initially	O
believed	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
such	O
kit	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
discovered	O
that	O
Radio-Electronics	O
had	O
just	O
beaten	O
it	O
with	O
their	O
Mark-8	B-Device
by	O
one	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Electronics	O
Australia	O
staff	O
believed	O
that	O
their	O
TTL	B-General_Concept
design	O
was	O
superior	O
to	O
the	O
Mark-8	B-Device
,	O
as	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
require	O
the	O
purchase	O
of	O
an	O
expensive	O
microprocessor	B-Architecture
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EDUC-8	B-Device
was	O
an	O
8-bit	O
bit-serial	B-Protocol
design	O
with	O
256	O
bytes	B-Application
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
internal	O
clock	O
speed	O
was	O
500kHz	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
instruction	O
speed	O
of	O
approximately	O
10kHz	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
bit-serial	B-Protocol
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
instruction	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
DEC	B-Device
PDP-8	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
instruction	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
PDP-8	B-Device
it	O
was	O
missing	O
quite	O
a	O
few	O
instructions	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
some	O
important	O
flags	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
MITS	B-Architecture
Altair	I-Architecture
8800	I-Architecture
,	O
the	O
EDUC-8	B-Device
included	O
two	O
serial	O
input	O
and	O
two	O
serial	O
output	O
ports	O
at	O
the	O
back	O
of	O
the	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EDUC-8	B-Device
also	O
had	O
front	B-Device
panel	I-Device
lights	O
and	O
switches	O
to	O
program	O
the	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
later	O
articles	O
included	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
peripherals	B-Device
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
computer	O
to	O
interface	O
to	O
a	O
keypad	O
,	O
octal	O
display	O
,	O
paper	O
tape	O
loader	O
,	O
paper	O
tape	O
puncher	O
,	O
printer	O
,	O
keyboard	O
,	O
music	O
player	O
,	O
teleprinter	O
,	O
magnetic	O
tape	O
recorder	O
and	O
alphanumeric	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
PDP-8	B-Device
this	O
machine	O
was	O
equipped	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
register	O
arrangement	O
.	O
</s>
