<s>
SCELBI	B-Device
was	O
an	O
early	O
model	O
of	O
microcomputer	B-Architecture
based	O
on	O
the	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
8008	I-General_Concept
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
SCELBI	B-Device
(	O
derived	O
from	O
SCIentific-ELectronics-BIology	O
)	O
Computer	O
Consulting	O
in	O
1973	O
,	O
by	O
Nat	O
Wadsworth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SCELBI	B-Device
8H	O
was	O
marketed	O
in	O
1974	O
and	O
was	O
delivered	O
either	O
as	O
an	O
assembled	O
unit	O
or	O
as	O
a	O
kit	O
,	O
with	O
five	O
basic	O
circuit	O
boards	O
and	O
provision	O
for	O
memory	O
expansion	O
to	O
16kB	O
(	O
16,384	O
bytes	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
system	O
only	O
used	O
a	O
front	B-Device
panel	I-Device
with	O
11	O
switches	O
and	O
LEDs	O
for	O
input	O
and	O
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
offered	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
BASIC	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
called	O
SCELBAL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
SCELBAL	B-Language
was	O
sold	O
in	O
book	O
format	O
,	O
allowing	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
any	O
similar	O
8008	B-General_Concept
or	O
8080	O
based	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
1975	O
,	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
systems	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
more	O
flexible	O
8080	O
processor	O
reduced	O
demand	O
for	O
the	O
slower	O
8008-based	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
discovered	O
that	O
the	O
demand	O
for	O
books	O
on	O
microcomputers	B-Architecture
was	O
very	O
high	O
and	O
published	O
several	O
books	O
;	O
the	O
publishing	O
business	O
was	O
sold	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
