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Old 11-06-2007, 09:38 PM
Geoff Harrison Geoff Harrison is offline
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It's a tough call. The 680 is a compact, pretty machine with decent memory, serial port and system monitor & VTL in ROM. It's a younger design than the 8800 and it shows.

But...

As Grant said, the 8800 gives you a better front panel and it opens up a whole world of S-100 expansion cards from Grant, eBay and elsewhere. You'll find much more software available for the 8800 than for the 680. You will need to add some cards (memory, serial, PROM) to bring it up to the level of the 680, but you'll also be able to take it much further.

You're not going to go wrong with either one, but for me the scales tip in favor of the 8800

Geoff.
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