The finest example of a computer I would have loathed in 1982 but is now my favourite retro-computer by far, and the reason I re-learned #forth after 40+ years. Sadly my own Jupter Ace (donated by a former Jupiter Cantab employee) is in a very sorry state.
This is the state I acquired it in, by the way. After much discussion involving @tynemouthsw.bsky.social, the orignal owner, and me, we decided not to try to restore it but leave it as is, as a testiment to the bedroom coders and electronics hackers of the day. #retrocomputing
I finally saw a real 4000 this year. The case plastic is very different and an odd grey matt finish rather than the almost shiny white of the “regular” ace.
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