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Help to ID a piece of 80s/90s tech please.
anotherbob
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Clearing out the other day I found a device I remember using in the late 80s/early 90s. Wondering if it might be worth putting up on Ebay I googled it but Google couldn't find it. It's a credit-card sized calc/data bank type thing and on the box it says "Megalogic Datastar 8000M" claiming to be "the smallest pocket computer in the world".
Maybe someone knows a place on the Web where enthusiasts for this kind of thing gather and I might find some info.
Maybe someone knows a place on the Web where enthusiasts for this kind of thing gather and I might find some info.
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A few pictures and any info on the manufacturer/product ID would probably help to identify it1
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Possibly from this range:

and a slightly lower spec model.
Found on here:
http://www.epocalc.net/php/liste_calc.php
Or if the OP mistyped and meant to write "Datastor" and not "Datastar", something from this range maybe:
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Here's a couple of pictures

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Seems it was also known as a SelecTronics DataStor 8000C.
http://www.calcuseum.com/SCRAPBOOK/BONUS/61330/1.htm
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Seems I did mistype....It is DATASTOR 8000MI assume the 8000D was for DESK and the 8000M was for MICRO.Probably not worth listing on Ebay.Put it away again for the great-grandchildren to laugh at (if I get some that is.)Thanks for your interest.0
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