Als Geek Lab | Was this New Zealand's first microcomputer - The HUG1802 #interview @AlsGeekLab | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
It isn't often you get to speak with the designer of a computer, especially not one of the first of its kind! The HUG-1802 was created around 1977 in New Zealand, and was a kit computer based on the RCA 1802 CMOS Microprocessor. Inventor, Hugh Anderson generously took his time to share the story with me, as well as demonstrate how it works (both with real hardware, and with emulation).
You can check out the EMMA emulator here: emma02.hobby-site.com/eti.html
Although its first iteration was the HUG-1802, the machine went on to sell well in Australia and NZ under a slightly different design (as Hugh mentions), known as the ETI-660. ETI was the Electronics Today International magazine, and both the HUG-1802 and the ETI-660 were sold in kit form for home assembly between the years of 1978 and 1981 or so.
Check out the May 1981 ETI Magazine covering the ETI-660 (page 96) at worldradiohistory.com/AUSTRALIA/ETI-Australia/80s/ETI%201981-05%20May.pdf . The article is partly written by Hugh himself.
Also the following June article follows up: worldradiohistory.com/AUSTRALIA/ETI-Australia/80s/ETI%201981-06%20June.pdf
For technical information on the 1802 CPU, check this beginners guide:
drive.google.com/file/d/0B9madXz7Fkq_YjBBQVVmVG9TWUU/view?resourcekey=0-8C72mTgy7HgERMrM_z2M0Q
And this resource: sites.google.com/site/walztronix/electronics/1802-projects
00:00 - Start
00:30 - Backstory
01:43 - The Processor
02:21 - The HUG1802
04:49 - Similarities to the KIM-1?
05:58 - Demoing how the HUG works
06:58 - HUG Chess
12:05 - HUG Basic
15:55 - How the machine works
20:04 - The HUG source code
21:10 - The relationship with the ETI 660
It isn't often you get to speak with the designer of a computer, especially not one of the first of its kind! The HUG-1802 was created around 1977 in New Zealand, and was a kit computer based on the RCA 1802 CMOS Microprocessor. Inventor, Hugh Anderson generously took his time to share the story with me, as well as demonstrate how it works (both with real hardware, and with emulation).
You can check out the EMMA emulator here: emma02.hobby-site.com/eti.html
Although its first iteration was the HUG-1802, the machine went on to sell well in Australia and NZ under a slightly different design (as Hugh mentions), known as the ETI-660. ETI was the Electronics Today International magazine, and both the HUG-1802 and the ETI-660 were sold in kit form for home assembly between the years of 1978 and 1981 or so.
Check out the May 1981 ETI Magazine covering the ETI-660 (page 96) at worldradiohistory.com/AUSTRALIA/ETI-Australia/80s/ETI%201981-05%20May.pdf . The article is partly written by Hugh himself.
Also the following June article follows up: worldradiohistory.com/AUSTRALIA/ETI-Australia/80s/ETI%201981-06%20June.pdf
For technical information on the 1802 CPU, check this beginners guide:
drive.google.com/file/d/0B9madXz7Fkq_YjBBQVVmVG9TWUU/view?resourcekey=0-8C72mTgy7HgERMrM_z2M0Q
And this resource: sites.google.com/site/walztronix/electronics/1802-projects
00:00 - Start
00:30 - Backstory
01:43 - The Processor
02:21 - The HUG1802
04:49 - Similarities to the KIM-1?
05:58 - Demoing how the HUG works
06:58 - HUG Chess
12:05 - HUG Basic
15:55 - How the machine works
20:04 - The HUG source code
21:10 - The relationship with the ETI 660
