Compukit UK101 - Low-cost Superboard in kit form

The Compukit UK101 was effectively an unauthorised UK clone of Ohio Scientific's Superboard - the one-board computer that, via the updated version the Superboard II, gave rise to Ohio's fridge-sized machines like the <a href="byte_1978-08_030">C3-B</a>.

The UK101 was originally produced in kit form, with a series of articles in Practical Electronics covering how to build it, and with parts available from Comp Shop - the advert's sponsor. 

It improved slightly over the Ohio original by having a 48x16-character display, instead of the original 24x24, as well as having UK UHF output and a UK transformer[source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compukit_UK101].

It retailed for £250, including VAT, in kit form - about [[250|1980]] in [[now]] money.

This advert also offers Atari's legendary Video Computer System (later on known as the 2600) for £160, or [[160|1980]] in [[now]].