On these pages some information on the Jolt and Super Jolt and Microcomputer Associates.
Microcomputer Associates company played an important role in the 6502 SBCs, TIM, KIM-1 and SYM-1 all contain results of their work.
The company continued as Synertek Systems with the Superjolt, SYM-1 and more.
One of the first 6502 systems is the Jolt SBC. Built around the 6502 and the TIM 6530-004 RRIOT. The TIM software is developed by Micro Associates for MOS Technology.
The Jolt was superceded by the Superjolt, Micro Associates became Synertek Systems.
Read about the systems and Micro Associates:
- JOLT TIM DEMON explained
- Memory map
- RESET of TIM
- Data storage and defines
- NMI BRK IRQ handling
- Jolt serial interface
- CRLF to serial
- High Speed Reader
- Write hex routines
- ASCII Conversion Routine
- Read hex routines
- Command processing
- WB BNPF dump of TIM
- WH write MOS papertape
- GO
- Show Memory and Registers
- Alter memory or registers
- Run program and debugging
- Microcomputer Associates
- Jolt
- Super Jolt
- Jolt software
- Jolt and Super Jolt extension cards
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