In a time when SRAM was expensive, power hungry and small it made sense to use dynamic RAM: larger, cheaper.
First in 16K format, later in 64K format.
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dynamic RAM card |
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64K on the 16K dynamic RAM card |
Have a look at the Elektor Articles and Books page for a mullti-lingual overview of all publications on Elektor/Elektuur Junior and more.
See also:
Dungeons And Dragons Dice Simulator For The KIM-1
In Compute! Issue 13, June 1981, a small program is published. It runs on an unexpanded KIM-1, showing a random number a...
MICRO
MICRO The 6502 Journal
Published by Robert M. Tripp, The Computerist
Published from 1977 tot 1983. The first y...
Compute! and Compute II
Compute!
A magazine devoted mostly to 6502 computers.
Apart from the Compute II period,
before and afterwar...
Compumart KIM-1 Rev A
When I acquired a KIM-1 Rev A it came with some documentation revealing its provenance:
Warranty card
Brochure ...