A MC68008 FIG-FORTH board, off topic.

Yes, a MC68008 FIG-FORTH board, hand-wire-wrapped.

You can see the date on the EPROM (4-7-1989).
Designed it, wire-wrapped it, wrote the FORTH , tested it. It still works as tested this year 2018.
Connects as a RS232 device. Several RAM chips (4), EPROM with FIG-FORTH inside, Ceramic MC68008, SY6551, S6522-VIA, Floppy interface with missing WD1772 IC, RS232 chips. Several PALs that still hold their code. Triple row header for bus connecting. I did find that WD floppy controller chip and it's back in place.



















The single color wire-wrap side with chip labels.




























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