![[Really bad picture of the Electronics Australia Mini-Scamp Microcomputer]](./img/miniscamp.jpg)
| MANUFACTURER | Electronics Australia |
| MODEL | Mini-Scamp Microcomputer |
| YEAR OF INTRODUCTION | 1977 |
| MAIN PROCESSOR | ISP-8A/500D SC/MP |
| BITS | 8 |
| CLOCK SPEED | 1 MHz |
| FLOATING POINT UNIT | none |
| MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNIT | none |
| CO-PROCESSOR | none |
| RAM | 768 bytes |
| ROM | 256 bytes |
| OPERATING SYSTEM | monitor |
| HONOURABLE MENTION | Bores Marczuk |
From what I can remember, I got this little fella around 2000 or 2001 when I was working in an electronics shop from the same guy that I got the Cromemco Z-1 from. It had been "beefed up" from it's original 256 bytes of RAM to a whopping 768. It also sports an RS-232 serial port and a monitor program in ROM so one doesn't have to use the switches to program the thing. I also remember, because of the expansion, that the inside is a rats nest of wire. I plan to clean it up eventually.
Below is a link to the construction notes as published in Electronics Australia during 1977, the year I was born. There may still be a copyright on this but I can't see the harm. Please contact me before suing me if you woould like this removed. Thanks.
Electronics Australia MiniScamp articles