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Mark-8
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<p>The Mark-8 is a <a href="/facts/Microcomputer/ETW22UTv">microcomputer</a> design from 1974, based on the <a href="/facts/Intel_8008/BccvN1qS">Intel 8008</a> <a href="/facts/Central_processing_unit/Jxp1bqMV">CPU</a> (which was the world's first <a href="/facts/8-bit/2CkhLNoH">8-bit</a> microprocessor). The Mark-8 was designed by Jonathan Titus, a <a href="/facts/Virginia_Tech/5nNYd0ur">Virginia Tech</a> graduate student in chemistry. After building the machine, Titus decided to share its design with the community and reached out to <i><a href="/facts/Radio-Electronics/n1Yz2B1m">Radio-Electronics</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Popular_Electronics/Yp1H8SE7">Popular Electronics</a></i>. He was turned down by <i>Popular Electronics</i>, but <i>Radio-Electronics</i> was interested and announced the Mark-8 as a 'loose kit' in the July 1974 issue of <i>Radio-Electronics</i> magazine. </p>