KIM-1 manuals – Retro Computing

On this page manuals, most English, some German

User manual
Hardware manual
Programming manual
KIM Hints
Circuit diagram poster
KIM-1 – KIM-5 manuals
MOS Cross assembler
KIMath Subroutines package
First book of KIM (with sources and binaries)
Reference cards
MOS Technology Newsletters
Quick references

PDFs from all over the internet, archive.org, own scanning. Thanks for that!
From https://www.retro-commodore.eu/2021/02/14/kim-1-manuals/ come the high quality scans!

User Manual

	User manual high quality User manual in HTML format User manual in text format User manual in PDF format (note page 18-25 of the ROM listing is missing) Appendix with ROM listing in PDF format Corrected page 17 of ROM listing Appendix with complete ROM listing in PDF format
	Revision of Rockwell KIM-1 User’s manual
	Proofreading version of User Manual from Terry Holdt
	MOS KIM-1 Handbuch, German version of KIM-1 User manual

Hardware manual

	Hardware Manual January 1976 Second Edition Publications Number 6500-10A MCS6500 Hardware Manual high quality Hardware Manual in ASCII format MCS6500 Hardware Manual jan 1975 in PDF format MCS6500 Hardware Manual jan 1976 second edition in PDF format Hardware manual in HTML format
	Rockwell 6500 Hardware Manual
	MOS 6500 Hardware Handbuch German version of Hardware manual

Programming manual

	MCS6500 Microcomputer Family Programming Manual high quality High-res quality typeset manual by Pickledlight. Local copy. Check to original for updates! MCS6500 Microcomputer Family Programming Manual MCS6500 Microcomputer Family Programming Manual Hardcover
	Programming Manual in PDF format Programming Manual in HTML format Programming manual appendix in HTML format
	Rockwell 6500 Programming_Manual
	MOS Microcomputers Programmier Handbuch, German version of Programming manual

KIM Hints

KIM hints
KIM-1 Hints PDF format
KIM-1 Hints smaller PDF format
KIM-1 Hints in text format
KIM-1 Hints in text format with additions and corrections

KIM-1 – KIM-5 manuals

Hardware extensions, see also the KIM-1-2-3-4-5 page.

<	User’s Manual Motherboard KIM-4 in PDF User’s Manual Motherboard KIM-4 User’s Manual Motherboard KIM-4 in BW PDF User’s Manual Motherboard KIM-4 in HTML
<	MOS KIM-2-3-4 User Manual Expansion Modules
	KIM System products folder KIM-3B KIM-4 IM-5 KIM-6 incl pricelist
	MOS KIM Assembler Manual Preliminary (KIM-5)
	MOS KIM Text Editor User Manual (KIM-5)

The KIM-5 ROMs have not been dumped yet, if you have a KIM-5 PLEASE help me publish this, here is my contact.

Byte Magazine 1978 09 Plugging the KIM-2 Gap

Byte Magazine 1978 09 Plugging the KIM-2 Gap

Cross assembler Manual, GE timeshare

Cross assembler Manual, GE timeshare

MOS KIMath Subroutines Programming Manual

6502 Reference Cards

6502 Reference Cards collection
MOS Technology Reference Card, better quality, early one, ROR instruction missing, handwritten

MCS6501 reference card August 1975

MCS6501 August 1975

No ROR instruction!

MOS Technology Cross assembler

Circuit diagram poster

	KIM-1 circuit diagram Rockwell branded circuit diagram KIM-1 poster in high resolution, large picture! KIM-1 poster in high resolution, cleaned up by Joshy of Forum64 and me (August 2022) KIM-1 poster in high resolution, cleaned up and with wide borders KIM-1 poster in high resolution, scan by Dave McMurtrie
	Redrawn KIM-1 circuit diagram

KIM-2/3/4/5

<	User’s Manual Motherboard KIM-4 in PDF User’s Manual Motherboard KIM-4 User’s Manual Motherboard KIM-4 in BW PDF User’s Manual Motherboard KIM-4 in HTML

First Book of KIM

First Book of KIM
The First Book of KIM-1 in PDF format
The First Book of KIM-1, part in text format
The First Book of KIM-1 in HTML format
Sources of The First Book of KIM-1 in source and papertape format, Jeff Tranter

Newsletters and errata

	MOS Technology newsletter February 1976
	MOS Technology April 1976 customer update
	Customer Errata Letters Customer Errata Letter 1 Customer Errata Letter 2 Customer Errata Letter 3