Mark-8
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Mark 8 is the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It contains two miracles of Jesus, Peter's confession that he believes Jesus is the Messiah, and Jesus' first prediction of his own death and resurrection. It is the middle chapter of the gospel but its significance is variously understood: for example the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary calls it a "section of miscellaneous matter", whereas many commentators treat it as a turning point where Mark's description of Jesus as teacher and miracle worker gives way to his focus on the role of Jesus' death and the difficult nature of his teachings.
The Mark-8 is a microcomputer design from 1974, based on the Intel 8008 CPU (which was the world's first 8-bit microprocessor). The Mark-8 was designed by Jonathan Titus, a Virginia Tech graduate student in chemistry. After building the machine, Titus decided to share its design with the community and reached out to Radio-Electronics and Popular Electronics. He was turned down by Popular Electronics, but Radio-Electronics was interested and announced the Mark-8 as a 'loose kit' in the July 1974 issue of Radio-Electronics magazine.
See also
Microcomputer Minicomputer SCELBI MCM/70 Micral
References
External links
Mark-8 Minicomputer – an original Mark-8, restored to working condition A Mark-8 Experience – Terry Ritter's detailed memoir of building and running a Mark-8 in 1974. Collection of old analog and digital computers at www.oldcomputermuseum.com Jonathan A. Titus, Microcomputer Pioneer A look at 5 very different MARK-8 computers Titus and the Mark-8, Bit-by-Bit, a Haverford College Publication
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