Good story, get an illustrator and make a picture book. Cl= ose encounters of the next kind.

You are telling me those didn=E2=80=99t go up until =E2=80=9876? &= nbsp;I would have sworn it was earlier than that.

On Aug 6, 2025, at 10:56=E2=80=AFPM, Mark Hu= ffstutter <mhuffstutter@outlook.com> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF

=            I will Never, E= ver forget the first time I saw those towers illuminated!<= /p>
Back i= n the =E2=80=9870s I used to go upland bird hunting, on what was then the

Colock= um Management unit. For a number of years, beginning in =E2=80=9871/=E2=80=99= 72

I went= over with Him just about every weekend during the season, part of

The re= ason being that the season there opened about a month earlier than

The Ge= neral Season, better weather, and ran a month later. Pretty rough

in spo= ts was-out dirt roads in a lot of places, meaning that, after opening day,

You ab= out had the whole place to Yourselves.

&= nbsp;

=            It was a good e= ducation, pursuing incredibly wily Chukar Partridge

Up pre= tty steep, sagebrush hills, clear up to columnar basalt rooks at the tops

Of sam= e hills. Only to get a brief heart attack as they launched from cover, level= ed

Off, s= et their wings, and sailed to what seemed the next county. Really put You

In you= r place. All in all, pretty nice weather, until Nov., Dec. Jan., great scene= ry,

Spendi= ng time with My Dad. You would wander up on evidence of long-ago<= /span>

Homest= eading, wondering how Anyone could have possibly=E2=80=A6 The main road

Eventu= ally wound to the Columbia river, place called Scammon=E2=80=99s Landing, na= med

After a= long-time resident. There was still a tough Old Boy living there the first<= o:p>

Years W= e went there.

&= nbsp;

=            I am Finally ge= tting to the point=E2=80=A6. By 1976, We had memorized every

Refere= nce point on that entire road. Including when You reached a sort of summit

Of a b= igger hill where, when You crowned it, You could see the back-then few light= s

of Geo= rge. This was the first time that Year that We had driven in, and, whe= n We

first r= olled up to the top of that hill, there, seemingly sitting in the middle of t= he

road, w= as what We both took to be Our first UFO encounter! You know the effect=

of tha= t strobe system. It was pretty much twilight when We got there. Neither of U= s

was aw= are that there was a new, strobed Loran tower in town. It was one of those s= ituations

where,= for the first few moments, You can=E2=80=99t tell if You are looking at som= ething fairly large,

Right i= n front of You, or something very large, and far off.

&= nbsp;

=            My Dad hit the b= rakes, We both just sat there, silent and staring, until We

Recove= red Our bearings. I will Never forget that One! It became clear shortly that= it was a

Strobe= d tower miles away. Figured out what it was after We got Home. It had been c= ommissioned

Over t= he Summer that year. Not much Internet in 1976!

&= nbsp;

=            I missed out on= a great opportunity to get a tour of the station. A Guy I worked with,=

Back i= n actual LORAN Days, told Me that His old College Roommate was then the Coas= t Guard

Office= r commanding the place, and He could get Me in there about any time, for A Fu= ll Nerd Tour.

I wait= ed too long, the LORAN Shutdown began, and His old roommate was reassigned=E2= =80=A6=E2=80=A6.

&= nbsp;

From: SBC-85 <craig@sbc-85.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 10:03 PM
To: Mark Huffstutter <mhuffstutter@outlook.com>
Subject: Re: Wheel change

I can=E2=80=99t believe that loran station is still o= perating. I have not been by it in years. We went by that when we wou= ld come back from a ski trip to Wenatchee and at night the synchronized stro= bes going up and down were mesmerizing . I remember sitting in the back seat staring at the towers and closing one eye= while waiting for the exact split second that two towers lined up.

The things we remember from childhood.
=

There are dozens of equivalent 4kx1 rams from ti and o= thers, so nothing really special about these from Elliot

On Aug 6, 2025, at 9:2= 9=E2=80=AFPM, Mark Huffstutter <mhuffstutter@outlook.com> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF

=            But EA is still= available on Internet Archive, fortunately

=

=            Thank You for t= he heads-up on the RAM at Elliot. This is funny, I just this

Mornin= g, 1AM, being sort of awake, placed an order for some PCB mount push button<= /span>

Switch= es that I had been forgetting to order. I wasn=E2=80=99t awake enough to fig= ure

Out wh= at else to order, to avoid paying the cheapest freight of $11 to ship a

Couple= ounces of switches=E2=80=A6. Had I only let My usual procrastination take o= ver! :>)

=

=            The switches ar= e to replace a worn-out keypad on an old Austron 2100F
=
Loran = Frequency Monitor. I don=E2=80=99t know if You follow the eLORAN stuff, but t= he

Local G= eorge, WA site has been participating in testing, and has been up for=

A few m= onths now. In My other Illness, Time Nuttery, a few other Folks are

monito= ring from the east coast as well. Can=E2=80=99t currently decode any time in= fo,

of cou= rse, It=E2=80=99s just in the backyard, and interesting. I=E2=80=99ve been d= ealing with very

bad la= ck of debounce on the keypad, making it difficult to set up. Now that I

finall= y ordered the switches for the repair, I learned from others on the timenuts=

list t= hat, due to excessive hot weather, and equipment housed in older facilities,=

with o= lder A/C systems, not well maintained since the big-budget days before the

LORAN s= hutdown, all of the test sites have shut down for now=E2=80=A6. Serves Me ri= ght!

=

From: SBC-85 <craig@sbc-85.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 9:05 PM
To: Mark Huffstutter <= mhuffstutter@outlook.com>
Subject: Re: Wheel change

I had to go back and find the stereo you were talking= about. Sure enough.

Too bad about the electronics Australia being pulled.=

I am not yet convinced that National was onboard with= =E2=80=9Cscamp=E2=80=9D. It may have been an internal name which is h= ow scamp made it to one place in a data sheet, but it doesn=E2=80=99t seem l= ike good marketing.

I have so much to learn about this little guy and the= se magazine articles are all useful because I need to see something a few di= fferent ways before and knowledge begins to stick. Thanks<= /p>

On Aug 6, 2025, at 8:0= 2=E2=80=AFPM, Mark Huffstutter <mhuffstutter@outlook.com> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF

=            Ha! Yes, I oste= nsibly included the front cover to that issue when I first=

Grabbe= d it in 2022 as reference data for the front panel markings=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6= in My

Opinio= n, a still good way to sell a Hi-Fi Speaker System=E2=80=A6 =E2=80=9CWhat Hi= -Fi Speaker System?!=E2=80=9D

Now at= the Ancient Age of 70=E2=80=A6.. I have fond memories of that bygone Era=E2= =80=A6..

=

=            It=E2=80=99s a g= reat series, I just wish, as You likely, that They had not settled on=

Callin= g it =E2=80=9CThe Scamp=E2=80=9D I hate that=E2=80=A6 As an aside, I found a= nother file in My director

Of dow= nloads from back then, the National was not the only manufacturer saddled

With t= hat bad attribution, attached. Although this appears to be self-inflicted.

=

=            I originally fo= und the Electronics Australia mags on World Radio History, but

It app= ears Their ticket has been pulled=E2=80=A6 The ones I forwarded were edited f= rom

Higher= res issues still available at Internet Archive, in convenient zipped file c= ollection.

If You= wanted to read more adverts=E2=80=A6.

=

https://arc= hive.org/details/EA1977/EA%201977-01%20January/

=

https://arc= hive.org/details/EA1978/EA%201978-01%20January/

=

=

=

=

=

=

From: crai= g@sbc-85.com <craig@sbc-85.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 7:22 PM
To: 'Mark Huffstutter' <mhuffstutter@outlook.com>
Subject: RE: Wheel change

All received, thank= you. There will be some good evening reading ahead. Thank you f= or including the magazine cover with the model=E2=80=A6.., there is somethin= g about the 1970s look that still makes my engine rev.
=
<= /o:p>

I had a number of p= eople in Australia comment that they built or had one of these systems=E2=80= =A6 the SC/MP must have made a much bigger impression in countries that spea= k the king=E2=80=99s English.

<= /o:p>

If you want to beat= the rush and buy your memory chips for the nibbler 4K/8K add on board, Elli= ot electronics in Tucson has them for a little under $3.
<= /o:p>

From: Mark Huffstutter <mhuffstutter@outlook.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 6:43 PM
To: SBC-85 <craig@sbc-85.com>
Subject: RE: Wheel change

=            Now for part 2=E2= =80=A6. I hope You aren=E2=80=99t on dialup out there in the Piney Woods!

Still c= racking Me up=E2=80=A6.

=

From: SBC-85 <craig@sbc-85.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 2:11 PM
To: Mark Huffstutter <= mhuffstutter@outlook.com>
Subject: Re: Wheel change

Do you suppose the big X on page 7 of the memory expa= nsion board means anything important?

I think I will reproduce this board. I would like to g= ive you credit for having the document. Is =E2=80=9C=E2=80=A6 from my good b= uddy Mark in Seattle=E2=80=9D suitable reference?

Do you want to build a bubbler and memory board?=

On Aug 3, 2025, at 10:= 07=E2=80=AFPM, Mark Huffstutter <mhuffstutter@outlook.com> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF

=            Good, one less b= roken config to figure out! I Completely understand!

CAVU Fl= ying weather is Rare and not to be wasted!

=

At the time, I was recovering, both My Explorer and My G= eneral Outlook,

from s= ome Sub Human drilling My gas tank=E2=80=A6.. That was expensive, and needle= ss=E2=80=A6

=

=            Your current SC= /MP Project is really terrific, and quite interesting!! A year or

So ago= I was really interested in all things SC/MP and Nibbler. I=E2=80=99ve attac= hed a very bad

condit= ion pdf of a Fax that another SC/MP aficionado I ran into got from DigiKey,<= /span>

concer= ning a memory expansion board. At least it spelled out the Nibbler Bus=E2=80= =A6.

Fortun= ately, I did pick up an INS 8073 before They all but disappeared.

=

=            Iin current New= s, I have one of the Intel iSBC 254S boards, fully populated, but I

Am sta= ying quiet, as I do not want to sell it. Hopefully He can find one at Your r= ecommended

Northw= est Technical Guy. Brookings is really a beautiful place, only stayed there o= nce.

=

Sorry,= It=E2=80=99s late!

=

=E2=80= =9CKeep =E2=80=98Em Flying!=E2=80=9D

=

Mark

=

From: SBC-85 <craig@sbc-85.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 3, 2025 9:29 PM
To: Mark Huffstutter <= mhuffstutter@outlook.com>
Subject: Re: Wheel change

Yes, yes. I received these but neglected to reply. It= is flying weather after all.

The next couple of weekends my neice is on speeder ru= ns. Tillamook for a few days, coos bay so I may be going over to do part of a= run with her. I enjoy it for the first hour but it is not in my blood like m= y brother & her

She may have an empty seat if you want to go on a seg= ment.

On Jul 7, 2025, at 10:= 57=E2=80=AFPM, Mark Huffstutter <mhuffstutter@outlook.com> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF

=            Oh, Yes, and th= e Digital Systems HB1-4 pix.

=

From: crai= g@sbc-85.com <craig@sbc-85.com>
Sent: Monday, July 7, 2025 5:55 PM
To: 'Mark Huffstutter' <mhuffstutter@outlook.com>
Subject: RE: Wheel change

Hi Mark,

<= /o:p>

Just checking in to= see what new hardware you have that is rare and exciting.=

<= /o:p>

From: Mark Huffstutter <mhuffstutter@outlook.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 9:04 PM
To: SBC-85 <craig@sbc-85.com>
Subject: RE: Wheel change

Hi Cra= ig,

=            Oww, that looks= like expensive maintenance! Did Your brother have to swap out,<= /o:p>

Or was= it maintenance on existing wheelsets? Either way=E2=80=A6 $$$ I imagine.

=

=            All good up her= e, I just hadn=E2=80=99t heard anything for a while, so I just figured You

Were t= ired of hearing from Me, which I would completely understand! :>)

=

=            I did manage to= finally get Real Covid last fall, which really knocked Me flat. I had

Mistak= enly thought I was past all that=E2=80=A6 No.

=

=            I see that You s= tarted a new YouTube series, I will have to check it out, but it looks

Like i= t might make My old brain hurt!

=

Best,<= br> Mark

=

=

From: SBC-85 <craig@sbc-85.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2025 11:07 PM
To: Mark Huffstutter <= mhuffstutter@outlook.com>
Subject: Wheel change

<image001.jpg>

Haven=E2=80=99t heard from you in a while, hope all i= s well in Seattle.

On Aug 13, 2024, at 8:= 05=E2=80=AFPM, Mark Huffstutter <mhuffstutter@outlook.com> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF

=            Wow, that would= be fun to play with! Multiples of My budget, too. I see someone=

Has al= ready snapped one up, with a best offer. Would sure be a bummer to spend tha= t,

Then f= ind the 4004 stoved in=E2=80=A6.

=

=            I just had to k= now, so I searched around for a while. Interesting, if I=E2=80=99ve got it r= ight,

It=E2=80= =99s a double =E2=80=9CWorld=E2=80=99s First=E2=80=9D. If the Ad is the trut= h=E2=80=A6or close, anyway=E2=80=A6

=

https://vintagecomputer.ca/dtc300-s/=

=

= https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Data_Terminals_and_Communications_= DTC-300

=

=            I forgot to ask= , were You able to win the SSM MB6B? Sure went for a good price.=

I was a= ble to run unopposed for an MB-3, with 2 very old C1702A=E2=80=99s mounted i= n the

Bonus.=

=

www.ebay.com/itm/135179579519?

=

=

=

=

From: crai= g@sbc-85.com <craig@sbc-85.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2024 7:42 AM
To: 'Mark Huffstutter' <mhuffstutter@outlook.com>
Subject: RE: SSM MB6B

A couple of very ni= ce what appear to be 4004 single board computers. Would be fun, but ou= t of my price range. There is money in selling dead people=E2=80=99s s= tuff.

<= /o:p>

Intel C4004 - World's First Microprocessor Computer Board C4008 C4009 C1302 Rare |= eBay

Intel C4004 - World's First Microproces= sor Computer Board P4008 P4009 C1302 Rare | eBay

<= /o:p>

<= /o:p>

<= /o:p>

From: Mark Huffstutter <mhuffstutter@outlook.com>
Sent: Friday, August 2, 2024 4:03 PM
To: craig@sbc-85.com
Subject: RE: SSM MB6B

=            I forgot the pi= x of the modded VB1B=E2=80=A6..

=

I see O= ur Pal milzyy has more boards up, but they=E2=80=99re all Commodore Pet

Stuff,= which I don=E2=80=99t follow. Hope He isn=E2=80=99t out of S100=E2=80=A6or m= aybe I hope He is=E2=80=A6..

=

From: crai= g@sbc-85.com <craig@sbc-85.com>
Sent: Friday, August 2, 2024 11:50 AM
To: 'Mark Huffstutter' <mhuffstutter@outlook.com>
Subject: SSM MB6B

A MB6B on ebay, but= someone has already met the minimum bid so who knows how high it will go.&n= bsp; I will probably put in something just incrementally higher since I don=E2= =80=99t think I can populate one for that much.

<= /o:p>

375564818309

<= /o:p>

<= /o:p>

From: Mark Huffstutter <mhuffstutter@outlook.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2024 8:03 PM
To: SBC-85 <craig@sbc-85.com>
Subject: IMSAI Keyboard

   &n= bsp;        I=E2=80=99d like to say =E2=80= =9CUnbelievable=E2=80=9D, however=E2=80=A6..

https://tinyurl.com/57296scy

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