Meccano Magazine
YEAR: 1967
ITEM: Periodical
COMPANY: Meccano
COUNTRY: England
IN OUR COLLECTION: Yes
Meccano Magazine was part of Meccano Ltd. in England. The tag line for the magazine was "The model World at your Fingertips".
Meccano was founded 1898 and aimed their products at kids (and adults) who liked to make all sorts of models. Their original products were similar to the Erector sets sold in the USA (Meccano bought the Erector company in 2000).
In the April 1967 issue of their magazine, just after the article on how to build a realistic model of a WWI airfield, the editors published, The Meccano Mag Computer...a computer that their readers could build themselves. It was the first of a four part series on how to accomplish this task. The introduction to the series stated,
Hopefully, we will be able to track down all for issues for the musuem.
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Documents
Documents for this item have not yet been scanned or not yet posted. There are a lot of pages...contact us if you have an immediate need. (Although there are not a lot of "immediate needs" for a 70+ year old computer!)
OUR DEFINITIONS OF RARITY
One of a Kind: Only known existing item.
Exceedingly Rare: Only 2 to 10 known to exist.
Very Rare: Only 11 to 25 are known to exist.
Rare: Only 26 to 50 are known to exist.
Difficult: Difficult to find.
Available:Can be commonly be purchased.
Unknown: We cannot make a determination.
(For comparison: Many people consider the Apple-1 computer to be rare. As of 2025 there are 92 confirmed and probable Apple-1 computers.)
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