Editing Mark-8 (section)

== Project kit ==
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The Mark-8 was introduced as a 'build it yourself' project in ''Radio-Electronics'''s July 1974 cover article, offering a US$5 ({{Inflation|US|5|1974|fmt=eq|r=-1}}) booklet containing [[circuit board]] layouts and [[do it yourself|DIY]] construction project descriptions, with Titus himself arranging for US$50 ({{Inflation|US|50|1974|fmt=eq|r=-2}}) circuit board sets to be made by a [[New Jersey]] company for delivery to hobbyists. Prospective Mark-8 builders had to gather the various electronics parts themselves from various sources.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bytecollector.com/mark_8.htm |title=Mark-8 Minicomputer |work=Bryan's Old Computers |accessdate=2009-02-11 }}</ref> A couple of thousand booklets and some one hundred circuit board sets were eventually sold.{{fact|date=April 2024}}

The Mark-8 was introduced in Radio-Electronics as "Your Personal [[Minicomputer]]" as the word 'microcomputer' was still far from being commonly used for microprocessor-based computers. In their announcement of their computer kit, the editors placed the Mark-8 in the same category as the era's other 'minisize' computers.  As quoted by an Intel official publication: "The Mark-8 is known as one of the first computers for the home."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/core2duo/pdf/microprocessor_timeline.pdf |title=Intel Microprocessor Timeline }}</ref>