On 1/31/26 7:32 PM, Steve Lagotte via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

All the Apple 1 guys eating up the supply of metal can 2504's, whatever shall we poor Eventide 1745 caretakers do in the coming shift register apocalypse ?? Nope we went with the 8DIP. But those are near unobtainium so we're working on different ways to create the same idea. I found some different 16 pin chips but have yet to build a circuit to try it out.

I don't think any of the reproduction boards have been using the tin cans unless that's all they could get. I've not seen any (which doesn't mean much). The OP posted prototype from when Woz was fist building the Apple I. That would be a unique computer to have. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ