I couldn't help myself. I've found the PDP/8 family somewhat interesting for a long time, but never enough to just go out and buy one since the mass and power to fun ratio just didn't quite cut it. Along comes the gang at Spare Time Gizmos with a quasi-modern PDP/8 workalike kit...

I just couldn't help myself. I ordered one of the partial kits... the proto PCBs of the front panel for it are all sold out, but they expect to have production boards in a couple of weeks! I've also started the order process for one of the I/O boards that adds a bunch of neat features.

Yeah, it's just a toy, but the thought of having a PDP/8 clone with a real front panel, compact flash storage, etc, was way too appealing to pass up!