<s>
The	O
Mark-8	B-Device
is	O
a	O
microcomputer	B-Architecture
design	O
from	O
1974	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
8008	I-General_Concept
CPU	B-General_Concept
(	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
8-bit	O
microprocessor	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mark-8	B-Device
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Jonathan	O
Titus	O
,	O
a	O
Virginia	O
Tech	O
graduate	O
student	O
in	O
Chemistry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
turned	O
down	O
by	O
Popular	O
Electronics	O
,	O
but	O
Radio-Electronics	O
was	O
interested	O
and	O
announced	O
the	O
Mark-8	B-Device
as	O
a	O
'	O
loose	O
kit	O
 '	O
in	O
the	O
July	O
1974	O
issue	O
of	O
Radio-Electronics	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mark-8	B-Device
was	O
introduced	O
as	O
a	O
'	O
build	O
it	O
yourself	O
 '	O
project	O
in	O
Radio-Electronics	O
'''	O
s	O
July	O
1974	O
cover	O
article	O
,	O
offering	O
a	O
US$5	O
booklet	O
containing	O
circuit	O
board	O
layouts	O
and	O
DIY	O
construction	O
project	O
descriptions	O
,	O
with	O
Titus	O
himself	O
arranging	O
for	O
$50	O
circuit	O
board	O
sets	O
to	O
be	O
made	O
by	O
a	O
New	O
Jersey	O
company	O
for	O
delivery	O
to	O
hobbyists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prospective	O
Mark-8	B-Device
builders	O
had	O
to	O
gather	O
the	O
various	O
electronics	O
parts	O
themselves	O
from	O
various	O
sources.Mark-8	O
Minicomputer	B-Architecture
,	O
Bryan	O
's	O
Old	O
Computers	O
,	O
retrieved	O
Feb	O
11	O
2009	O
A	O
couple	O
of	O
thousand	O
booklets	O
and	O
some	O
one-hundred	O
circuit	O
board	O
sets	O
were	O
eventually	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mark-8	B-Device
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
R-E	O
as	O
"	O
Your	O
Personal	O
Minicomputer	B-Architecture
"	O
as	O
the	O
word	O
'	O
microcomputer	B-Architecture
 '	O
was	O
still	O
far	O
from	O
being	O
commonly	O
used	O
for	O
microprocessor-based	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
their	O
announcement	O
of	O
their	O
computer	O
kit	O
,	O
the	O
editors	O
placed	O
the	O
Mark-8	B-Device
in	O
the	O
same	O
category	O
as	O
the	O
era	O
's	O
other	O
'	O
minisize	O
 '	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
quoted	O
by	O
an	O
Intel	O
official	O
publication	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
Mark-8	B-Device
is	O
known	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
computers	O
for	O
the	O
home	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
not	O
very	O
commercially	O
successful	O
,	O
the	O
Mark-8	B-Device
prompted	O
the	O
editors	O
of	O
Popular	O
Electronics''	O
magazine	O
to	O
consider	O
publishing	O
a	O
similar	O
but	O
more	O
easily	O
accessible	O
microcomputer	B-Architecture
project	O
,	O
and	O
just	O
six	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
in	O
January	O
1975	O
,	O
they	O
went	O
through	O
with	O
their	O
plans	O
announcing	O
the	O
Altair	B-Architecture
8800	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
